I said “open up” which was poor word choice.
I mean… release the salt water and sand from their shell..

Just putting them in fresh water to open up

Edit: I said “open up” I mean… release the salt water and sand from their shell..

It’s a thing.

Got them at Whole Foods!

Absolutely!

Thing that takes the longest is prepping the clams.

Once that’s done it all pretty much happens in the time it takes to make the pasta!