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Cooking & Baking

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no_hypocrisy

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Thu May 7, 2026, 05:36 PM Thursday

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Quick Question:

You steam them. They're opened. You have your clam broth and melted butter ready to go.

You hold onto the neck and dip and eat.

Here's the question: Do you also eat the neck or throw it away?

Excuse the ignorance and thank you in advance.

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Steamer clams [View all] no_hypocrisy Thursday OP
Peel the skin, eat the calm. dem4decades Thursday #1
Toss the neck, to rubbery. sheshe2 Thursday #2
Hopefully you rinsed them, twice. cachukis Thursday #3
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