CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Why do clams not open when placed in boiling water?

1. Why do clams not open in boiling water?

There are two reasons why the clam shells do not open:

One possibility is that some necrotic clams were mixed in when they were purchased, so they cannot be boiled. Such clams are inedible, so you must be careful when selecting them;

The second is that it is not cooked enough, so just cook it for a little longer.

2. How to peel and extract the meat from raw clams?

Steamed clams with wine Put the wine and clams in a pot together and cover with a lid over high heat. When the clams open, take out the meat. Wash and cut the cauliflower, boil it in salt water and remove it. Boil the mixed seasoning sauce and cool it down, then add the cauliflower. Mix the seasoning sauce with the clam meat sauce and boil it over high heat. After boiling, add the soluble starch and mix well to make the stuffing. Pour it in and heat it, then put it on a plate, add the stuffing and cauliflower and garnish with grapefruit.

3. We all know that when we buy clams from the seafood market, we need to add salt for a while to let them spit out the sand, but the clams in the basin do not open their shells. Are they alive and well?

The first method: soaking in warm salt water First, put the clams in a basin of warm water, and add salt and oil to the warm water. The amount depends on the water in the basin. This method can imitate the growth environment of clams, so that they can open their shells to facilitate sand spitting. The role of adding oil is to form an oil film on the water surface, which can separate the water from the air, so that the clams lack oxygen in the water and breathe faster, thereby speeding up the progress of spitting sand. Then, after standing for two to three hours, you will see that most clams have opened their shells, and the water is turbid. At this time, the process of clams spitting sand is complete. If you want to shorten the time of spitting sand, you can stir the water in the basin back and forth with your hands, and change the water repeatedly, so that the clams can spit out all the mud and sand in a few minutes. The second method: boiling and rinsing First, fill the pot with water, put the clams in and boil them with water. When the water in the pot boils, the shells of the clams are basically all opened. At this time, pour out the water and rinse the clams with water once to clean up the mud and sand. However, this method can easily affect the freshness of the clams. You can cool the water used to boil the clams, filter out the sediment at the bottom, and use the clarified soup to wash the clams, so that some of the freshness can be retained. The third method: heating and rinsing First, rinse the mud and sand on the shells of the purchased clams with clean water. Then put the clams in a waterless wok and heat them for 3 minutes. When the clams open one after another, immediately pick out the opened clams and rinse them under the faucet to clean the mud and sand inside. This method is very simple, and the clam meat is tender, and the nutrition and water are not easy to lose. The clams just bought can also be cooked and served immediately, which is really convenient.

4. Do not separate the meat and shell when cooking clams

You have to control the heat accurately. The clams in a pot will usually separate, due to the heat problem!