They are cooking Razer Clams on something for the weekend

[MickyMacgraw]

What do these taste like, are they cheap? They said you can get them from your fishmonger and sometimes the supermarket but I've never seen them.

[ummmm]

I've watched Hugh FW eating them raw :-(

[pastafreak]

Raw clams are very popular in the States...I had them once...... ;-(

[MickyMacgraw]

Hi there ummm thanks for the answer, my first interaction with another user, I thought I may have been invisible for a while!
I have no idea who hugh is but I'd be weary about eating shellfish raw as the food poisoning risk and Im not sure a slimy sloppy sensation going down the back of my throat would actually stay down.
Have you tasted these?

[MickyMacgraw]

Hi there pastafreak, I haven't tasted normal clams, but are these similar?

[pastafreak]

If the fish-shellfish or any other for that matter-has just been caught,you need not worry about food poisoning. As I said...eating raw clams-and oysters-has always been popular,and with relatively few instances of food poisoning.
I just don't particularly like the sensation or idea of swallowing a live thing. Now-raw fish in sushi is a whole different matter... ;-))

About Hugh.....

http://www.rivercottage.net/about/about-hugh/

[pastafreak]

Probably Mickey...they taste of the sea.
Most raw fish is very mild tasting.

[NoMercy]

Are those the long Razor Fish?

We used to get them in abundance in Spain, where they were called "Navajas".

[mccfluff]

you could go catch em yourself, watch ray mears wild food he shows you how :-)

[woozer]

I find that unless you live in Londonshire or the local centre of excellence you cant get the unusual fresh ingredients they use on the telly - I live in the Midlands and regularly stay with my brother near Waterloo when I go to the trendy markets and stock up on some of the lovely things you see on the telly - can rarely get them around here - in fact the only fishmongers we have in my town are the big supermarkets - I absolutely love Samphire but have never found it in the shops - never seen razor clams in Tesco !

[EcclesCake]

Woozer, if there's a Waitrose near you they often have Samphire.

[woozer]

Thanks EcclesCake - I shall whizz over and have a look next week - I can at least findour when they might have it in - Hurrah !

[heathfield]

Don't confuse ordinary clams with razor clams - they're totally different from each other.
These are the clams used in clam chowder and in spaghetti vongole, or found for sale (in vinegar) in pubs, for example.

http://www.fishseller.com/usrimage/clams31.jpg

This is a razor clam - so called because their half shells look like the blade of an old-fashioned cut-throat razor...

http://www.carolscorn...azorShell18-02-09.jpg

I'd advise anyone not to bother with razor clams - it's like eating rubber tubing!!

[237SJ]

I ate razer clams in a restaurant in January. They don`t taste of anything actually which is why the chef put some sort of pesto on them. It was a Michelin restaurant and my Mum got food poisoning from them.

[KenR]

More like long Scallops than anything else. A couple of the good fismongers here (edinburgh) have them.