Clams should be well scrubbed with a stiff brush and rinsed to remove any sand. Discard any clams that remain open when tapped with fingers. Shuck as below. When opening hard-shell clams, hold ...

Clams are one of the cheapest shellfish you can get, and super simple to cook at home. You're probably most familiar with hard-shell clams, the ones that open to reveal soft pieces of clam meat on ...

It may open its shell to ‘walk’ along the seafloor, but if it feels threatened, it can contract those muscles so tensely that you won’t even be able to open a clam shell with your two bare hands.

Wash clams in a colander under cold running water, taking care to discard any with cracked shells and those that remain open after vigorous rinsing. Clams that don’t close are dead.

Insert the knife into the clam, keeping the blade as close to the top of the shell as possible, and twist it to open the shell. The rest of the process follows the same steps used for an oyster.

Video footage shows an orange-dotted turkfish picking up a stubborn clam shell in its mouth and repeatedly throwing it against a rock to crack it open.