One afternoon dear friend Mike Zimmerman showed up at our house with a bunch of geoducks. He and Mike had fun cleaning them, then he left one of them with us for our dinner. Thank you, Mike! It was delicious, and great fun photographing Mike and Mike during the cleaning process.
A few facts about geoducks: The geoduck (pronounced "gooeduck") clam is the largest bivalue along the Puget Sound. It is also the largest burrowing clam in the entire world. Geoducks can live up to 146 years old, making them one of the longest living animals in the world. Most geoducks weigh between one and three pounds, but can get as large as seven pounds. A new geoduck will burrow itself one foot beneath the surface of the sand per year, and after the third year they will settle in for the term of their life. Their siphon can be as long as 39 inches.
As you can see they are a bit tricky and icky during the cleaning process, but very tasty. Makes one wonder, as with other foods like artichokes, for example, who the first brave people were that ate these clams, likely raw, and rinsed in the Puget Sound.
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