How to open a clam - how to shuck a quahog - raw seafood

Open a clam the proper and safe way. It's easy to enjoy raw quahogs if you know how to shuck a quahog properly. Living in New England, this is how we open up clams, known as quahogs, in the summer time. Enjoy these raw with lemon or lime, hot sauce or cocktail sauce.
05:35 - skip to how to open a quahog
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[@daP.A]

Thanks for watching, if this was helpful, please leave a comment.
Helpful links:
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[@ghostwriter1869]

Wow, I grew up on the water shucking clams from probably age 9. Never did the hinge side open. I'm going to try it. Looks like it works well. Thx!!

[@juanlife0252]

thank you for the video it's my 1st time I'm just going to try to eat one too see how it tastes praying I enjoy it

[@daP.A]

Squeeze some lime or lemon juice. You can also open it up but a little butter, garlic powder and broil them on toaster oven or bbq grill

[@offroad4x4nhlife45]

Learn how to open w/o cutting them in half 🙄

[@nagoogle8542]

Ya I was taught that opening clams and oyster for a summer job as a kid and not to go in from the hinge

[@CryptomanXADVENT]

Great video

[@daP.A]

@@CryptomanXADVENT thank you

[@mbnyus]

Great video, thank you...!!!

[@daP.A]

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@offroad4x4nhlife45]

Been eating these since a toddler,
Opening them since I was 12.
Pepper/hot sauce an down the hatch

[@billd7829]

I been shucking quahogs like this for years . Great video! Gotta love them little necks. 👍

[@daP.A]

Indeed my friend, thanks for the comment.

[@oliviab4266]

This video’s helpful. Thank you 🙂

[@daP.A]

Glad it was helpful!

[@libation14221]

Thank you. That is great!

[@JoeViau]

i miss fresh quahogs and cherry stones in Newport. the best

[@daP.A]

100%

[@michaelbarrett8803]

That is not the way to open them. You cut the clam in half and all the guts looks like hell. You open the clam from the front and slide the knife in and cut the two mussels. Cocktail sauce and lemon. I know what I'm talking about I grew up in New England and have opened many hundreds of these clams.

[@daP.A]

99.9% of all restaurants in NE open them this way. I have yet to see the other .1 opened any other way.

[@707SonomaComa]

Fantastic video! Thank you.
How would you open them and then cook them in the half shell like oysters?

[@daP.A]

Thank you

[@mariaa6188]

Bom trabalho gostei de ver

[@mariaa6188]

Gostei de ver como tu abres o quahog

[@ronaldyeater3322]

Nice, is that a shucking/cleaning knife? Tyvm

[@daP.A]

Yes I have a link on my channel

[@ronaldyeater3322]

@@daP.A tyvm

[@ronaldyeater3322]

For fried clams with bellies do I use cohaugs? Or is it smaller one? Tyvm.

[@daP.A]

Two different things, quahogs are not usually fried. Clams are used, whole bly clams when fried

[@ronaldyeater3322]

@@daP.A ty

[@apd0895]

Great video. They can be opened safely from the front. Look on the one side of the clam and you can see a slight groove. Clam knife slides right in

[@daP.A]

In New England is never done that, nor anywhere else I ever been too.

[@marioarland4397]

What about the intestines ?

[@marioarland4397]

Years ago we tried but got very ill.

[@daP.A]

You need the whole thing, unlikrva sea snail etc

[@raykopp9522]

Never open a clam by the hinge. wrong way pal.

[@daP.A]

@@raykopp9522 come to new England

[@vitoscatigno4207]

That's not the way to open them!

[@daP.A]

it is in New England and the east coast.

[@hermankeller1071]

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