freshwater clams/ mussels

[G-Man]

Has anyone tried eating freshwater clams? I know they are edible and many are not protected by regs. Thinking about a clambake as i have thousands in my ponds. (Could get a bushel in 5 min time) just wondering if anyone has tried them, i have read they are kind of tasteless... perhaps clams casino?

[wooly]

I tried one from a local creek. Nothing to write home about, but it wasn't bad.

Seemed a little sandier than what I get at the clam shack.

[Pygmy]

Never tried them..I don't know anyone who has, but I remember reading years ago that they are edible..

Give 'em a try, G-man, and let us know..

Meanwhile, a friend of mine just returned from NC yesterday and dropped me off a peck of fresh oysters..I KNOW those puppies are edible..YUM !!..

[Elmo]

I've picked them up off the Delaware River and off the Long Island Sound. Just like wooly said. Edible but nothing to write home about. Chewy. Most of them are tiny.

[Ford]

you'll get the runs.

[G-Man]

There are over 50 kinds of freshwater clams, mine are a large variety 5 to 7 in on average, i'm thinking chowder to add some flavor to em...

[josephmrtn]

hey if no one ever tried any new foods we would still have AWFUL bland diets!!!! i'd say try em...

[mac]

soak then in cornmeal & water for awhile to help get some of the sand/grit out

[PREDATE]

you'll get the runs.

or the trots! lol

[wooly]

hey if no one ever tried any new foods we would still have AWFUL bland diets!!!! i'd say try em...

Don't mean to get too off topic, but don't get too carried away trying new things you're not absolutely sure of!

This past archery season, I was watching deer come out to the "green fields" every night before dark to feed.

I didn't know exactly what they were munching on so I went out to investigate a little further. I saw a field full of clover and other grasses as well as an abundance of another plant I wasn't farmiliar with.

I assumed it was what was drawing them to the field to chow down on the little fruits that were growing everywhere.

Naturally, I felt the need to taste test right there, and I took a few pics of the plant to identify once I got home. They tasted like little sour apples so I didn't swallow. Before I could look it up, I posted the pic on another site where I learned I probably shouldn't have been chewing on these,lol. Anyone recognize?

[Gthphtm]

I can tell you what they call fresh water clams up here look like what the call muscles on and around Long Island,some people ate them,most used them for fish bait.Clams down there are have a rounded or oval shaped shell and are white to tan in color.

[PREDATE]

Don't mean to get too off topic, but don't get too carried away trying new things you're not absolutely sure of!

This past archery season, I was watching deer come out to the "green fields" every night before dark to feed.

I didn't know exactly what they were munching on so I went out to investigate a little further. I saw a field full of clover and other grasses as well as an abundance of another plant I wasn't farmiliar with.

I assumed it was what was drawing them to the field to chow down on the little fruits that were growing everywhere.

Naturally, I felt the need to taste test right there, and I took a few pics of the plant to identify once I got home. They tasted like little sour apples so I didn't swallow. Before I could look it up, I posted the pic on another site where I learned I probably shouldn't have been chewing on these,lol. Anyone recognize?

What are they called and what are they? I did the same thing while fishing back when I was 14 or 15 years old and I do remember feeling kinda sick from it.

[PREDATE]

oh, and I also tried the little orange ones that look like peppers! Aaah to be young and carefree! lol

[wooly]

Horse nettle.... I never heard of it till I tried it,lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_carolinense

[G-Man]

Thats as bad as giant hogweed.....

[tughillhunter]

Horse nettle.... I never heard of it till I tried it,lol

http://en.wikipedia....num_carolinense

I see those al over where I hunt. Never noticed the deer get into them though.

As far as freshwater clams, let me know how they turn out, lol.

[wooly]

I see those al over where I hunt. Never noticed the deer get into them though.

I don't think the deer eat them either, probably just everything in between.

I just know what I read about them, but I hear horsenettle is a concern in hay fields as well when the hay is bailed and used as feed for livestock.

From what I've heard, cattle and horses wont eat the stuff either. I guess the spines on the leaves and stems is deterant enough for them.

I never knew we had such a variety of poisonous stuff around here.... wish we had some snakes like this around!

[PREDATE]

As far as poisonous stuff around here, mushrooms are very plentiful and most are highly toxic if not fatal. I know of some edible kinds that I pick and eat, but some I wouldn't even think of eating.

G-Man, I hope your clams turn out to be delicious! That would make for a great summer! Clams over the firepit, Yum!

[tommyc50]

i grew up on the ten mile river in sullivan cty we use to see them tasted them raw like no flavor clams ,mussels and oysters on long island taste briney their from the sea . i know fresh water mussels have no flavor either , soaking in corn meal is called purging it cleans any filter feeders in cluding snails we italians call them babaloshio an aquired taste to say the lest . i live in queens and fish in jamaica bay [most my life] have seen people eat clams, bank mussels [ not the mussels you suppost to eat those are blue mussels their draged in deepwater] spider crabs[ugly as sin] calico crabs, hackleheads,moss bunker ,peanut bunker [ baby bunker] . even a russian on canarsie pier eat a blood worm and washed it down w/vodka and said in russia we waste nothing

[crappyice]

I was crabbing one day in Brooklyn and saw a Russian scoop a sof shell crab off a pilling, grab it by the pinchers and eat it right out of the water...yikes.

[josephmrtn]

Don't mean to get too off topic, but don't get too carried away trying new things you're not absolutely sure of!

This past archery season, I was watching deer come out to the "green fields" every night before dark to feed.

I didn't know exactly what they were munching on so I went out to investigate a little further. I saw a field full of clover and other grasses as well as an abundance of another plant I wasn't farmiliar with.

I assumed it was what was drawing them to the field to chow down on the little fruits that were growing everywhere.

Naturally, I felt the need to taste test right there, and I took a few pics of the plant to identify once I got home. They tasted like little sour apples so I didn't swallow. Before I could look it up, I posted the pic on another site where I learned I probably shouldn't have been chewing on these,lol. Anyone recognize?

LOL

I guess when our ancestors were taste testing stuff they figured that if the "tester" didnt die or become sick within a few hours then it was ok to eat........ or something like that ...

you watch duck dynasty? they eat ALL kinds of stuff... LOL some of the best being ducks and frog legs...

[josephmrtn]

Quote: the ripe fruit of this plant contains relatively little solanine, and is cooked by herb doctors to use as a sedative or antispasmodic :Quote

i guess it does have a good use... woolly did you feel kinda high afterwards? or sedated?

[Ford]

I would definetly not eat them raw. Get one of those brain eating Amoebas.

[josephmrtn]

I would definetly not eat them raw. Get one of those brain eating Amoebas.

LOL sorry to hijack but..... Uncle Si (Duck Dynasty) was talking bout jake and the other boys and says: These boys could survive a zombie a-po-clips, course there aint much for brains to eat... LOL thats what i thought of as soon as i saw the brain eatin comment...

[Ford]

Yeah, saw that. Apo clips....lol an instant classic!