These critters a wide spread a shore lines up and down the East Coast of the US. NO one eats them probably because no one know how to cook them. Another "lost delicacy" recovered for me by Scott Rea

In Vietnam we called them "nail clam" because their shells look like a fingernail. It's true these clam are delicacy in here but the price is not really expensive like you've said, only about 5 to 6 pounds per kilogram and can be cheaper depends on the season. The best way (in our country) to cook these clam is to grilled them up and served each clam with a teaspoon of lightly pan-fried scallions leaves (half raw) with cooking oil for scent and peanuts. Trust me, the sweet taste of clam meats with the scent of scallions and the taste of peanuts will go great with each other, especially with an iced cold beer pitch (Vietnam ways :D)! Nice video and thanks for the recipe. I'm going to cook it your way Scott Rea to see how it taste!

Nice one Scott. Just eating ..... A plate of razors (or spoots..) I like mine with strips of parma ham, a few cut olives and lemon juice but i always keep the cooking liqueur. If you use just the top of it (not the gritty residue at the bottom) and reduce it down then whisk in a little extra virgin oo its amazing. Definitely gonna try 'em with chorizo now too.Like your vids bud. Andy

Asians go mad for 'em. You're darn right we do!

actually the whole clam is edible as long as it's cooked thoroughly,nice vid tho!

You are only eating the end? I have never had these but I have watched several vids in which chefs and families eat pretty much all of it

Thank you for explaining the whole process! Nice narration! Cheers

6 years ago you made this.... today I learned somthing to try with my kids. Cheers boss.

They're quite common seafood in Italy. Pasta made with it is awesome. They're also quite easy and very fun to catch also in deep water (you need a long metal stick). I used to do it all the time until they passed a ban on private fishing where I did it.

Having lived adjacent to the ocean for 20 years, it breaks my heart to witness the waste at only eating the "foot" of this miraculous ocean treasure.

That's so cool! I've only seen people using those big things where you dig out a giant plug of mud where the clams are, I would've never believed that salt works if I hadn't seen it in this video.

Spoots! Haven't caught those since I was a child . 40 years ago on Mull. Good times!

The clam is used to a certain ambient salinity.The second the extra salt hits it's body parts,it tries to get away from the salinity lever that will kill it.Hence,it shoots out of it's tunnel/hole trying to escape to a less salty area. These clams exist pretty much all over the world,since they were here before the dinosaurs. They only live in TEMPERATE zones though. No razor clams in S.Florida but,a few up in the panhandle.Northeastern beaches,from Virginia on up to Maine,are a better bet.Still.They are not on every beach.

Very good, Scott. Here in Brazil (Bahia) do not waste water from cooking seafood (it's really tasty) and other parts of the animal. Normally, we do a kind of soup with water, with pepper and lemon, which is amazing. The whole animal is edible, but not the shell. I'm saying this, but I have never experienced razor. Thanks for sharing !! = D

Thanks for sharing Scott. I don't understand why ppl would dislike this video.

Amazing! Wasn't sure when my boyfriend said about Razor Clams but I am now! Looks delish!! Thanks Scott!!

They are a filter feeder so there is a chance of getting sick from eating them. If you purge them for a day at least in clean salt water that reduces the risk.

Looks tasty, I never though to try chorizo with clams! I have been catching and eating these my whole life. In my opinion, it pays off to gut them before cooking, they taste better and less bitter than boiling them whole. This way, you can also add them straight into clam chowder or other dishes towards the end and they won't get overly chewy!

My first cookware after moving out of my parents house looked an awful lot like your pot. They gave me their cookware that they saved, but never used, after they were stationed in Mildenhall in the late 70s. lol

They are very nice sauteed in garlic and olive oil too over soem pasta. Fun video, thanks.

I put them in a bucket of sea water with an air pump for a day to clean them.

When we dig for clams in Alaska we eat the whole thing I don't know y u cut the foot off and only eat that u could eat the rest

Just discovered your channel, love all your recipes :0)

Amazing as always Scott....Cheers Jeff

stop apologizing for anything! the dish is amazing.

Never seen these before. They should be called straw clams 🤪 . In the US razor clams just look a little more flat and longer then a regular clam ...very interesting

Great video! I'm not even sure we have them here on the south coast of Texas (Gulf Coast). But I'm going to look!

That looks really great and made me feel pretty hungry! You could even use all of those same ingredients and simmer them in some olive oil with minced garlic and some white wine combined as a white sauce and serve that clam and chopped chorizo mixture over a bed of pasta (linguine or spaghetti) to make a full meal. Just add some Italian or French Bread and a side salad with some white wine!

Wait, what? I've been eating the whole thing all my life, minus the shell

never seen a clam like that wow

I have never seen this before. Thanks for sharing!

Ohhhhhhh you made me hungry!! And I just finished dinner whats up with that. Good stuff mate

Lovely video, thanks for sharing. How come you only eat part of them ? I've never tried razor clams, but have tried and enjoyed many other shellfish. Seems a waste to throw the biggest part away. Not criticising, just curious.

Youre trowing the best parts away mate

People! We have razor clams all over the beaches of Long Island! This Butcher is a brilliant chef as well. This post is going to be amazing!!

Lovely!! Thanks for the video!

I cringed when you tipped the cooking liquor away!

this is brilliant! how possible 34 people dislike this video? thanks for the teaching and enjoy your meal

As Chinese, we prefer steaming seafood with just a little of seasoning. In this case for razor clam, I use a knife to carefully separate the muscle which is stick at its shell from both side. Then I cut the 'tube' part to clear out all the sand and this is pretty much all I need to do before rinse it off. Finally, just put them on a plate and steam for around 6 minute when the water is boiling. If you prefer though, adding some sea salt, chopped herb and garlic before steaming is an option. Don't forget about the 'juice' on the plate! Mix them with cooked pasta is always a good choice! :D

Thx for posting buddy, im gonna try this myself now

Use a piece of cotton to cover the mic to stop the noise of the wind

Seems like a waste, only a small piece

Must be a bloody nice caravan if you have cooker that good, looks fantastic btw.

We eat the whole thing in New England. Clean them in water and corn meal to purge the sand and steam them and dip in melted butter and the broth.

you wasted 75% of the meat, it only takes a minute to peel the gut out.

Um, yeah. I think I'll just have the salad.

Awesome Scott. Cheers.

yeah...simple,delicious ...amazing ...

omg that's the weirdest thing i've ever seen hahah. cool video though

but you didn't even get the gills and stomach out!

Sounds like an excellent addition to a seafood pasta dish

Looks delicious and TY for sharing. I live in Washington state and there's a lot of clamming going on. We get those big Gooey Duck clams here.

Don't you have to purge their insides by starving them for a few days? because they have sand and other nasty surprises?

he could've ate the whole thing, what a waste!!!! :(

This video got better as soon as I heard your voice~

wow, I've eaten a lot of seafood being that my mother's Belgium, but I have never seen these before, crazy looking things :)

no no no no , there is so much more meat you can eat on that clam . you don't eat out yer wife a quarter of the way ! look on some other videos itll show how much more you could have .

Why would a saltwater creature care about salt?

I remember when I was like 12 or something I ate some and they were amazing

I ABSOLUTELY LOOVE RAZOR CLAM BUT THEY ARE SO EXPENSIVER HERE IN VANCOUVER!! I only eat them when I am at a Chinese Restaurant, during SPECIAL occasions!

This was great! Loved the video. But next time try not to breath so laboriously, it was distracting.

You got to fish, not buy expensive razor fishes in the fish market duh

Love Razors... Just as tasty as the steamers we get in New England.

hi scott what part of pembs are you in

As a mexican the way you cooked that chorizo disgusted me

you waste so much meat... learn to clean them

I watched many videos of these clams and I will like try one of this. Yo e mirado muchos videos de estos clams y me gustaría probar uno.

I've had delicious Razor clams in a good chinese restaurant. So good.

ARE YOU MAD MAN????? U dumped the best parts down the drain and into the waste basket!! Shame on'ya!!

It's funny how no one talks about animal cruelty just because it doesn't look like it's alive since it doesn't have eyes or what not. And this like most other videos about live foods is not animal cruelty.

This looks delicious!

I like to eat the foot of the clams with various sauces, the possibilities are endless and I like to pickle the mantle for salads, that way nothing goes to waste.

...never on my plate; what a strange, nasty looking creature. And the whole world goes crazy when others eat rats.

Great video mate I'm of down to Cornwall in a few weeks and I'm gonna do this with my kids and try and get them eating food they've caught themselves.cant wait.

Razor clams are amazing. The best razor clams I have eaten was in Barcelona.

oh yeah scott what a dish !

I really shouldn’t watch these videos on an empty stomach!!! It looks so yummy and now I’m starving 😡, great post btw.x

very nice, very delicious!

Will that method work to harvest cherrystones or steamers? I love how you just pour the salt, and wait for them to pop up!

Thanks mate great idea to catch them and a even better way to eat them.

yummy, simple recipe but looks good

Looks delish mate!

I really like to listen to you speak! I’ve seen this vid 3xs lol

That looks awesome; I’ve never tried them, but must give them a try. I have to ask, I’ve seen a number of your videos, where you’re cooking in the Vanagon (VW); are they expensive, there?

GREAT VIDEOS THAK YOU SCOTT

Yum my beach is 20 yards away. Summer treat spoots n cream with lovage and garlic .

That looks so good...

Looks like fun. It's not fishing but more like 'harvesting'!

Oh, this does look good. I see them sold here in France sometimes. That would be nice with many French sausages, maybe over a homemade mashed potato underpinning. Uprated, shared. :)

Excellent video and very tasty looking clams. Here in the US in the pacific northwest and off the Alaskan coast they also have clams that are called "razor clams" but they're larger than these and look a bit different. The folks on the pacific use shovels and work like mad to dig them up, but I wonder if the salt trick would work? Cheers!

Wind can be helped. For a camera, get a sock. Cut out a hole for the lens and camera back. If it's a phone, use a nylon with bits of sock or foam over the microphone.

Wish I was there . Mouth is waaatetrring. Thankyou for this video.

Done a lot of fishing in north wales near holyhead and caught a lot of them, theres a huge mussell bed too in the water of the inland sea at Four mile bridge where I would sit there in the boat cleaning them and ate them all that night lol. Water is so shallow that you can step out of the boat where the mussel bed is

I came from jersey c.i. We also used a metal coat hanger it was fun getting them ....

wow good idea mate! i will try that too cheers

Cooked in hot coals on the shore is v nice too 👍🏼 great videos by the way

there're other recipes to cook it, where instead of using chorizo which has a very distinct flavour on its own, spices are used to enhance the clam's natural flavour.

I love your kitchen

Ive seen those before, but they were much larger in Washington state. I never plated them though, but they did look nice. :)

It’s so fun to watch them rise out of the sand