Can I still eat the clams I bought if they are dead?

If the clams are dead, it is not recommended to eat them, because at this time it is more likely to breed some bacteria, which may affect your health if eaten. Before cooking, we should also pay attention to the selection of clams. Generally, clams that cannot be boiled in water are usually dead.

1. Generally speaking, it is not recommended to eat dead clams, because the protein content of clams is very high. After they die, they are easy to breed bacteria and quickly deteriorate, which is bad for your health if eaten.

2. When choosing clams, make sure they are alive. If they are dead, you will get a stomachache. When buying, ask the store for some sea water to use for spitting out sand. Completely submerge the clams in seawater. If seawater is not available, use tap water with a few spoons of salt instead. Keep it for half a day or a day and let it spit out the sand quietly.

3. If the shells of clams cannot be opened by boiling in water, they are dead clams and should be thrown away and not eaten. Remove the cooked clam meat from the shell, as the sand and mud on the shell will affect the taste. When eating, remove the black line around the clam and the black part of the clam meat.

4. Which parts of clams cannot be eaten? The internal organs of clams cannot be eaten. They must be removed when cooking, otherwise your teeth will feel uncomfortable when eating. Soak the purchased clams in light salt water to spit out the sand. After the water boils, blanch the clams for 10 seconds, the shell will open, then squeeze out the internal organs, remove the black edges on the shell and fry them.

5. How to choose razor clams?

First, you need to look at the color of the clam shell. If the color is golden or light yellow, it means the shell is relatively thin and the meat is rich; if the shell is dark black, it means the shell is relatively thick and there is less meat inside.

Then touch it with your hands. Generally, the clams sold in the vegetable market are kept in sea water. If their shells are slightly open and close when touched, they are alive. If they do not move when touched and feel stiff, they are dead and you should not buy them.

Finally, I will teach you a trick. When choosing, check whether there is mud and sand on the surface of the clams. Don’t think that the ones with sand on the surface are fresh. In fact, this not only increases the weight, but also means that there is a lot of mud and sand in the clam meat.