How to Clean Razor Clams
(Pre-cleaning tip: Soon after you dig your razor clams, put them in cool fresh water. This will allow them to pump most of the sand out of thier systems.)

Click to enlarge.	Place the clams in a colander and place the colander in the sink.
Click to enlarge.	Pour boiling water over the clams, then rinse them with cold water.
Click to enlarge.	Use your fingers to pull the clam body from the shell.
Click to enlarge.	Snip off the tough part of the neck just below the valve. Get close to the end.
Click to enlarge.	Put the edge of your scissors in under the zipper and snip upward toward the end of the neck.
Click to enlarge.	Make sure your scissors go into the lower chamber of the neck to save time. If you missed it, put the scissors back in and cut through the lower chamber. Continue all the way through the end of the neck.
Click to enlarge.	Use your fingers to grab the digger and gills.
Click to enlarge.	Squeeze gently and pull to separate the digger from the body.
Click to enlarge.	After rinsing, the body is ready to eat.
Click to enlarge.	Snip at an angle across the end of the digger.
Click to enlarge.	Insert the scissors into the middle part of the digger.
Click to enlarge.	Cut all the way through the end of the digger, keeping in the middle so that the digger will lay flat for cooking.
Click to enlarge.	Pull the digger apart so that it lays flat.
Click to enlarge.	Pull the dark material from the digger. Only remove the dark material.
Click to enlarge.	Gently pull the digger flat and rinse. There will be soft material that remains on the digger as shown. The digger is now ready to eat.

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