Cameron picked up a piece of the clam meat and put it tentatively in his mouth.
The knife should never penetrate deeply enough to slice the clam meat.
The houoma, by the way, tasted remarkably like clam meat and made a satisfying and very filling meal, there was so much of it.
Remove the clams, discard the shells and set the clam meat aside.
And as long as you begin with fresh clams, this juice is easily extracted and reserved; the minced clam meat, which remains tender, becomes a garnish.
When fregola is tender, stir in the clam meat as well as additional bottled clam juice, if necessary, and serve immediately, garnished with parsley.
The clam meat may be left whole or chopped and returned to the shells.
Add the clam meat.
The children picked the glass out of what remained and dipped the hot clam meat in it.
Also successful was steamed shu-mai (another Chinese derivative), filled with chopped crab, not the "clam meat" stated on the menu.