1 hour ago, liuzhou said:I have only ever bought canned clams once in my life and regretted it. I wouldn't say they were tasteless but what taste they had was deeply unpleasant.
I can't recall why I bought the damned things in the first place - must have been a massive brain fart! Every market and supermarket sells at least five and up to ten different types of live clams.
Against my better judgement the 28oz can of whole baby clams was like $5USD at my local restaurant depot. To be fair, they did not taste "unpleasant" But they tasted bland. I salvaged the dish with anchovies and added a few tsp of Minors clam base.
I now know better then to use any canned clams that do not list "ocean" or "sea" clams for future reference.