Soak them Clams!

Clams in Northcumberland Strait

So we were admiring the clams Steven and his two sons had dug. They go out in their stocking feet and “feel” with their sock protected feet and when they feel a clam, they dig and thus fill the bucket. They were selling some, so we decided to buy a bunch for dinner. Steven was telling me how to put them in salt water in the refrigerator for a day to clean themselves. He said I could walk across the road and get some salt water from the estuary. There was a pail along side of him with what looked like salt water and I asked if I could use some of that. He said, “Oh No! That is sock water!” Which with his French accent sounded like salt water to me, so I asked why not, its salt water. He said No, SOCK water, I washed my socks in that water……........Ooooops, we all laughed hard.