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12 - 18 Cherry Stone Clams, scrubbed clean (more or less if using a different variety), reserve the juice; 4 tbsp olive oil; 1 / 2 red onion, minced; 1 / 2 red bell pepper, minced; 4 garlic cloves ...
The density of the sediment was also due to the process of aerating the sand while clams were harvested. [3] Many clam gardens also have a high amount of gravel and shell hash, which aid in aerating the sand. [6]: 8 [12]: 6 This density allows for freer movement of clams, [3] in addition to easier removal of clams from the sediment. [4]: 204
Mercenaria is a genus of edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. [1]Left valve interior of Mercenaria mercenaria. The genus Mercenaria includes the quahogs, consisting of Mercenaria mercenaria, the northern quahog or hard clam, and M. campechiensis, the southern quahog.
An old quahog shell that has been bored (producing Entobia) and encrusted after the death of the clam. Hard clams are quite common throughout New England, north into Canada, and all down the Eastern seaboard of the United States to Florida; but they are particularly abundant between Cape Cod and New Jersey, where seeding and harvesting them is an important commercial form of aquaculture.
The dish uses littlenecks or cherrystone clams. [4] Other basic ingredients include butter, peppers, bacon and garlic. [5] [6] Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, white wine, lemon juice, and shallots or onion are also used. [7] Tabasco sauce is sometimes added, and parsley is sometimes used as a garnish.
Leukoma staminea, commonly known as the Pacific littleneck clam, the littleneck clam, the rock cockle, the hardshell clam, the Tomales Bay cockle, the rock clam or the ribbed carpet shell, [2] is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. [3]
Venerid clams are characterized as bivalves with an external posterior ligament, usually a well demarcated anterior area known as the lunule, and three interlocking structures (called cardinal teeth) in the top of each valve; several of the subfamilies also have anterior lateral teeth, anterior to the cardinal teeth: one in the left valve, and ...
Palourde, or carpet-shell clams (Italian: vongole veraci; pl.), are used, or the small, Mediterranean wedge shell (Donax trunculus, also known as the Tellina or "bean clam"). Both types are also called arselle in Liguria and Tuscany. [1] In the United States, small cherrystone clams may be substituted. [2] [need quotation to verify]