Recipe - Cooked Clams

4 Clams in shells
One fourth cup Water

1. Scrub and rinse clams, suitable for steaming (about 1 1/2" wide). in a 1
One half quart pan, bring water to a boil. Add clams; cover and simmer until
they open, about 5 minutes.
2. Or, to cook in a microwave oven, place clams in a microwavesafe 1 quart
container. Cover with plastic wrap and cook at full power (100 percent),
checking every 30 seconds, until clams open, 23 minutes total.
3. Remove the clams as they open; continue cooking until all are open. (If
a clam doesn't open, discard it and cook another.) Use clams warm or cool.
Reserve One fourth cup of the cooking liquid.

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini