How to Shuck and Clean Soft Shell Clams

Preliminaries: make sure all the clams are alive. Rinse under cold water to rinse.

Cup a clam in the palm of hand with hinge toward thumb. Insert the clam knife just above the protruding neck and sever the muscle that attaches it to the shell.
Remove the freed shell and slide the clam knife under the clam to loosen it from the shell.
To skin the neck: Pull off and discard the skin that covers the neck (it is blackish in color). Remove the membrane that trails around the edge of the shell.

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