Purging cockles + razor clams

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Northern Boy

Joined: 04 Oct 2010
Posts: 976

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 11 4:18 pm Post subject: Purging cockles + razor clams
I love a bit of cockling and clamming, but have never quite managed to get the hang of removing all the sand. Everything I have read says "2hours in salt water with some cornmeal" (or other random edible bitty thing), but it doesn't seem to work for me - anyone got any other tips?

MSASTLES

Joined: 23 Dec 2006
Posts: 26
Location: norfolk

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 11 7:53 pm Post subject:
W e often collect cockles out on the Stiffkey marshes and we find that 24 hours in a buckett of salty water makes them a lot less sandy. I'm not sure that adding anything makes any difference. MS

crofter

Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 2252

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 11 11:20 pm Post subject:
I agree with MSASTLES - leave them in a bucket of seawater overnight.

Northern Boy

Joined: 04 Oct 2010
Posts: 976

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 11 12:43 pm Post subject:
Thanks for the replies Do you folks refrigerate them, or leave at room temp? Also do you actually use seawater or just salted tapwater?

crofter

Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 2252

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 11 4:03 pm Post subject:

Northern Boy wrote:

Thanks for the replies

Do you folks refrigerate them, or leave at room temp?

Also do you actually use seawater or just salted tapwater?

I leave them outside, in seawater. Make sure you are far away from sewers etc when you collect the water.

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