CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to spit out the sand from clams? Is there any good method?

1. How to spit out the sand from clams? Is there any good method?

Method 1: Salt

Put the clams you bought into clean water, add an appropriate amount of salt to the water, and let it sit for three or four hours. At this time, you will find that most of the clams have already poked their heads out, and the water has become turbid, indicating that the clams have almost spit out all the sand.

Method 2: Stirring method

Soak the clams in warm water at about 50 degrees, then stir the clams quickly with chopsticks. The clams' stomachs will not adapt and they will naturally spit out the sand. You can also quickly shake the basin to achieve the same effect.

Ingredients: 1.5 pound of clams, some peanut oil, some pepper oil, 1 spoon of soy sauce, some oyster sauce, a little salt, a little chicken essence, a small piece of ginger, three cloves of garlic, one hot pepper, two small red peppers, five dried peppers

Steps for cooking clams:

1. Wash the clams and set aside.

2. Wash and cut the onion, ginger, garlic and chili peppers and set aside.

3. Pour appropriate amount of water into the pot and boil it. Add the clams and cook until done. Pour into cold water and wash off the soil and sand for later use.

4. Heat the pan, pour in appropriate amount of peanut oil and bring to a boil, then sauté onion, ginger, garlic, etc.

5. Pour the clams in and stir-fry for a while, then add seasonings and stir-fry for another minute or two before serving.

6. Sprinkle with chopped green onions after serving and enjoy.

2. The difference between sand clams and flower clams

The growing environment is different

3. Can oysters and clams be eaten together?

Diet therapy has a certain auxiliary effect on treatment:

1) Strengthen daily protection, eat less spicy and irritating foods such as alcohol, chili, raw garlic, mutton, fish, shrimp and other seafood, and fruits rich in vitamin C such as oranges, grapefruits, kiwis, tomatoes, hawthorns, bayberries, etc. You can eat more peanuts, black sesame seeds, black beans, walnuts, soy products and animal livers, which are good for the condition. In addition, it is recommended that patients go to a regular vitiligo professional hospital for testing and treatment in time to avoid delaying the disease.

2) Due to the lack of certain trace metal elements in the blood and white spots of vitiligo patients, the activity of tyrosinase in the body is reduced, which affects the synthesis and metabolism of melanin and thus causes lesions. Therefore, patients should eat more foods containing more metal elements such as copper, zinc, and iron to enhance the activity of tyrosinase and accelerate the synthesis of melanin.

3) Eat more foods containing tyrosine and minerals, such as meat (beef, rabbit, lean pork), animal liver, eggs (chicken eggs, duck eggs, quail eggs), milk (milk, yogurt), vegetables (fresh vegetables, as well as radish, eggplant, winter bamboo shoots, fungus, kelp, etc.), beans (soybean, pea, mung bean, soy products), peanuts, black sesame, walnuts, raisins, snails, clams and other shellfish. At the same time, avoid eating peppers, alcohol, whether beer or liquor; avoid eating tomatoes, because tomatoes contain a lot of vitamin C. Vitamin C can interrupt the synthesis of melanin, thereby preventing the regeneration of melanin in the lesion. Other foods rich in vitamin C, such as oranges, grapefruits, apricots, hawthorns, cherries, kiwis, strawberries, bayberries, etc., should be eaten as little as possible or not.

4. How to wash sand clams

Sand clams are delicious, but they are difficult to clean. The following methods will help you easily clean sand clams.

1. Rinse the live clams you bought with tap water first, find a small iron basin or plastic basin, grab a handful of clams each time and put them in the basin, the number should be enough to cover the bottom of the basin, then shake the small basin up and down to shake the clams in the basin. The purpose of shaking is to shake the dead clams open, and you can find them after the dead clams are shaken open. The sand in the shell of the dead clam is black and plentiful, and a dead clam with sand in it will affect the deliciousness of a pot of clams. The live clams you bought home will not open naturally if they are not cooked. Only the dead clams can open by shaking them up and down, so it is easier to find the dead clams.

Put the shaken clams into a basin of clean water, use tap water, and make sure the water covers the clams. Then add a small amount of salt, twice the amount you usually put in cooking, and then drip four or five drops of sesame oil into the basin.

Leave the clams treated as above for three to four hours, and the sand in the clams will be basically removed.

Of course, some clams are cleaner and have less sand in their bodies. You just need to go home and shake them in a basin a few times to find out the dead clams. For example, Manila clams, also known as oil clams, have very little or even no sand in their bodies. If you find the dead clams among them, you can eat them boldly.

2. Some clams have a lot of sand in their bodies, which makes them difficult to handle. For example, if the person selling the clams does not handle them properly for you when you buy them, you basically have no good way to remove the sand from their bodies after you get home.

After buying such clams, the best way to deal with them is to ask the seller for a small basin of sea water. Soaking them in sea water for 12 hours at home may remove the sand in the sand clams. However, there is a problem. If the seller gives everyone some sea water, I am afraid there is not enough.

In fact, all clams can be soaked in sea water to remove sand. This method is relatively simple and practical. It’s just that the people selling clams won’t give you a lot of sea water. If you can get it, soaking them in sea water is the best.

3. Another method is to soak the purchased clams in clean water and put some iron objects in it, such as iron knives, iron nails, etc. Of course, these iron objects must be rusted, because iron oxide has a strange smell and will stimulate the clams to spit out sand.

4. Rice washing water removal method: Soaking clams in rice washing water for one to two hours can also have a certain effect, but it is only effective for removing sand from clams with less sand.

5. Soaking method with edible alkali. This method is the same as the soaking method with edible salt. The amount of edible alkali used is basically the same as the amount of edible salt used, and the soaking time is also the same.

5. What is the difference between flower clams and sand clams?

Different appearance

Flower Shell: The shell is relatively slender and long oval. The shell surface is yellow-brown or light purple, densely covered with irregular purple Bowen-shaped patterns, and often covered with a layer of shiny shell skin, with dense concentric growth lines. The shell is white or slightly purple, and the mantle sinus is shallowly curved.

Sand Claw: The shell is large, slightly triangular, and relatively thin. The top of the shell is located slightly forward of the middle of the shell. The ventral margin is rounded, and the shell surface has a shiny yellow-brown outer skin. The top is light purple. The growth lines are fine and obvious. The inside of the shell is light purple, and the top of the shell is darker. The hinge is wide. The anterior adductor muscle scar is nearly square, and the posterior adductor muscle scar is oval.

Different living environment

Flower clams: also known as flower clams, are freshwater clams and are artificially cultivated.

Sand Clam: Also known as sand clam and Xishi tongue, it is a saltwater clam that lives in the intertidal zone and the fine sand beach of shallow sea. It is a precious seafood. It is produced in Changle, Fujian Province, China.

Different nutritional values

Clams: Although the nutritional content of clam is not as good as that of sand clam, it has medicinal value. It can nourish yin and moisten dryness, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, and soften and disperse nodules. Stewing clam three times a day can cure diabetes; eating clam meat and leeks regularly can cure thirst, dry cough, irritability, hot hands and feet caused by yin deficiency; eating clam regularly is also effective for goiter, jaundice, urinary problems, abdominal distension and other symptoms; the general population can eat clam; people with high cholesterol, hyperlipidemia, goiter, bronchitis, stomach problems and other diseases are particularly suitable for eating clam; people with chronic diseases should be careful when eating clam, and people with spleen and stomach deficiency should not eat too many clam.

Sand clams: The nutritional characteristics of sand clams are high protein, high trace elements, high iron, high calcium, and low fat; its nutrition is also relatively comprehensive, it contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, iron, calcium, phosphorus, iodine, vitamins, amino acids, taurine and other ingredients, which is higher than flower clams.