Quote Originally Posted by Grace View Post
Absolutely raw!! Dig 'em, open and eat

When you talk steamed, are you thinking soft or hardshell clams? In our family, the hard were eaten raw (or in chowder or clam cakes), the soft shelled were steamed. The soft also make the best Fried Clams. Out here the only kind of fried we can get are strips - no bellies.
No - they were hard shell. If they were too big tho - they would be rather "chewy" after they were steamed - the smaller, the better. Can't beat the littlenecks tho.