How do you make clams clean the sand out of themselves?

Question

How do you make clams clean the sand out of themselves?

Answer 1

soak then in cold water for about 20 minutes and add a handful of flour or cornmeal

Answer 2

Put them in a bowl covered with cool water and put a tablespoon or 2 of dried bread crumbs.  They spit out the sand to ingest the bread crumbs!

Answer 3

where did you hear that wifes tale?

Answer 4

Tell them if they don't clean their room, they won't be getting any desert!!  :)

Answer 5

Starrlicious is absolutely right. As the clams breathe they filter water. When the fresh water is filtered, the clams will push salt water and sand out of their shells. After 20 minutes, the clams will have cleaned themselves of the salt and sand they had.