Butter clams... Eat the stomach or not ?

[Islandgirl]

I got some nice butter clams about 2 to 2.5 inches long. Are they too big to eat the whole clam. Should I leave the stomach behind?

 

[Hardy Guy]

Your call, I eat the whole thing even on clams bigger than that. The most important thing is letting them purge all of the grit out. Dip in lemon/ garlic butter and eat away. or open on grill, add cheese and hot sauce and a squeeze of lemon and eat away ........................ its all personal taste.

 

[scott craven]

As long as butter clams are open in your area ?
butter clams do not filter toxins the same as manila and littlenecks
and some area's are closed to harvesting them.

 

[Tips Up]

Best website maps.bccdc.org/shellfish/
Got this from DFO last year. She told me this is where their info comes from and is updated more often than dfo.

Good advice from Scott above re: species.
Good advice from hardy guy on purging. Some good tricks online. We use flour and salt water to flush and plump up shellfish.

 

[Cuba Libre]

I sometimes open the stomach and scrap out the algae they have eaten

 

[Islandgirl]

Great advice from all. Thank you.