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The Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing (CLAMS) library network is a non-profit consortium of 35 member libraries and 38 locations throughout Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket. Since it was founded in 1988, [ 1 ] the number of items available has grown from 568,000 in 1991 to over 1.6 million in 2022. [ 2 ]
"Steamers" (steamed soft-shell clams) are an integral part of the New England clam bake, where they are served steamed whole in the shell, then pulled from the shell at the table, the neck skin is removed and then while holding the clam by the neck it is dipped, first in the clam broth in which they were cooked, to rinse away remaining sand ...
The usual variant in New England is made from whole soft-shell clams, known as "whole-bellies"; these include the clam's gastrointestinal tract and have a fuller flavor. [1] [6] Some restaurants remove the clam's chewy siphon called the neck. [5] Outside New England, clam strips, made of sliced Atlantic surf clams, are more common. [7]
Harvesters locate the clam by looking for a "show," which can present as either a hole or depression in the sand. [8] Some clams expose their siphons as the surf is receding making them far easier to spot; this behavior is called "necking". [9] Razor clams are commonly battered and fried in butter. They can also be used to make clam chowder.
About two-thirds of a surf clam's shucked weight is viable for human consumption. [9] The meat of the clam is used as 'strips', chowder, and sushi. The "tongue" or foot of the clam is commercially valuable because it is cut into long strips which are breaded and fried and served as clam strips, first popularized by the Howard Johnson's ...
Edible molluscs are harvested from saltwater, freshwater, and the land, and include numerous members of the classes Gastropoda (snails), Bivalvia (clams, scallops, oysters etc.), Cephalopoda (octopus and squid), and Polyplacophora (chitons).
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Sinonovacula constricta, the constricted tagelus, Chinese razor clam or Agemaki clam, is a commercially important species of bivalve native to the estuaries and mudflats of China and Japan. It is extensively aquafarmed in China and other countries, with 742,084 tons worth US$667,876,000 harvested in 2008.