Razor Clam Dig

[TeacherMan]

I usually just put them in the freezer whole, not cooked until I want to use them... I have done really good in the past perch fishing with them.

[tmike]

Cleaning the 50 clam limit a day stinks though.

  It was 60 when I was there. After a few summers I learned to quit after 15 or so and let everyone else fill their buckets   

[NRA4LIFE]

I'll be out at the end of March.  (Not the 2nd weekend of April, that's just too sacred to leave the house.)  Gottta try canning them, sounds great.  On the last go round of Humpy fishing I did some experimenting with a couple of them.  I smoked the crap out of them for just a half hour or so.  I then chunked them up and canned them.  That was some good eats.  Smoked razor clams here I come!

[TeacherMan]

So who is going clamming in the Ocean shores area on the 28th or 29th? I'll be there in a Silver Jeep with two little girls 2 and 3 years old and my wife. Just look for one of the biggest guys on the beach,I'll have on a black hunting washington hoodie, brown neapream chest waders, say hi.

What is a good way to smoke them and have them preserved? Is there someone around town that does that?

thanks

Chris

[div4gold`]

So who is going clamming in the Ocean shores area on the 28th or 29th? I'll be there in a Silver Jeep with two little girls 2 and 3 years old and my wife. Just look for one of the biggest guys on the beach,I'll have on a black hunting washington hoodie, brown neapream chest waders, say hi.

What is a good way to smoke them and have them preserved? Is there someone around town that does that?

thanks

Chris

In days gone by there used to be 'clam cleaners' that cleaned and canned clams but not anymore.  You are pretty much on your own.  If you bring a pressure cooker and jars you can do it on a camp stove or hot plate in your motel room.  The easiest is to just clean them and use a little bit of olive oil, a few drops of canned smoke and a little bit of salt.  If you wait till you get back to Curlew you could actually do a short smoke in a regular smoker and then can them, or just eat them fresh, which is hard to beat.  I'll be out there just a bit south of the Gitchee Goomee unless we have a tidal wave

[ICEMAN]

So who is going clamming in the Ocean shores area on the 28th or 29th? I'll be there in a Silver Jeep with two little girls 2 and 3 years old and my wife. Just look for one of the biggest guys on the beach,I'll have on a black hunting washington hoodie, brown neapream chest waders, say hi.

What is a good way to smoke them and have them preserved? Is there someone around town that does that?

thanks

Chris

Hey chris, there are a few houses still around that post a sign "clams cleaned for $"  I have seen the signs on a few digs, but never tried them since we clean our own.  You could Ice the crap out of them for a few days and clean them later, if you won't be back home with them.... We have done this once, and all was ok.... 

[Gobble]

Were going camping/clamming Fri, Sat, and Sunday. Looking forward to it