freezing razor clams?

[brshooter]

With the rivers out of shape, the wife and I drove down to the beach and dug a couple of limits of razor clams. We would like to freeze some for later use. We do have a food saver. Can we just put them in the bags, put them in the freezer until frozen, and then seal them up? Any suggestions as to the best way to freeze them?

[joru]

brshooter

My wife and I clam at every opportunity and have always vacuum packed as soon as we clean the clams. We do not freeze them first...simply pack as soon as possible. We also do not dip the clams in hot water to get them to open. Use a fillet knife and cut to the inside of both the shells. Dipping in hot water starts the cooking process, whether you immediately rinse the clams in cold water or not. Enjoy!!!

[jet]

Hey neighbor...

I used to manage a meat depatrmant a few years ago and when I ordered razors they came vacume packed with plenty of water. These were the giant daddys from Alaska and When thawed the tasted just great.

Jet~~~

[Hog One]

A friend of mine tryed freezing some in a 50-50 mix of milk and water,now he swears by it.
:whazzup:

[Jennie@ifish]

How do you vac pack it with liquid?
J

[Jennie@ifish]

I KNOW!
Freeze them with milk or milk and water in flat tupperware containers.
Then, take them out, once frozen, slip into a vac bag and buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
I'm going to try it!
Neato! Little frozen blocks, vac packed with clams!
Jen

[AngleThis]

I'll second that! mil/water mix is a great way to preserve fine seafood, even crabmeat, and what I use on everything except salmon.

[Slow Roll]

Jennie,
That is the way I do it for my clams. Instead of freezing in a seperate container I put them in the vac-seal bag with their juice and stand a bunch upright in a container until frozen, then vac em'.

Works well and a lot less mess.

brshooter, what I used to do was to put them in a heavy duty ziplock with enough water to cover them and then freeze, the flatter the better. After frozen get as much air out as possible and then seal. They keep for quite awhile.

Paul B.

[will_e_fish]

I just recently got both a Vac packer and some razors. Tried just to put the clams in the bag and vac& seal sucked up liquid into the vac. machine even with trying a paper towel barrier to keep the liqid in. Ok then tried freezing them first. Next time I will try the milk and water to freeze them in. Have any of you tried pre breading them before freezing? What do you with your frozen ones make chowder ?

[Jooky]

yep i agree free them in a block of milk or water or a mix. once they are in the block there is no need to vaccum pack them, they are sealed in ice.

On a side note
for salmon and stealhead, i cut them up into filets or steaks and put then on a small sheet pan and stick them into my freezer. Once frozen I dip them into cold water. This glazes them. I dip them 3 times during the day. this will protect them for quite a while.. Sometimes a cover them so I can mark the fish as to what type it is, but mostly i just leave them..salmon or stealhead taste close enough most people dont know which is which....oh and those dang frost free freezers will eat the glaze away..so wrap them up in plastic wrap.