Editing Clam soup

{{Short description|Soup prepared with clams}}
[[File:Clam soup.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|Clam soup]]
[[File:Villorita cyprinoides 004 Black clam miso soup in a Japanese restaurant in Tokyo.JPG|thumb|Black clam [[miso soup]] at a Tokyo restaurant]]

'''Clam soup''' is a soup prepared using [[clam]]s as a primary ingredient. Clam soup can be prepared as a thin, [[broth]]- or cream/milk-based soup and as a thicker, [[chowder]]-style soup. In Japan, hot [[miso soup]] prepared with clams is believed by some to be a cure for the [[hangover]].

==Overview==
Clam soup is prepared using [[clam]]s as a main ingredient. Additional ingredients can include carrot, celery, onion and other vegetables, vegetable [[broth]] or [[stock (food)|stock]] or other types of broths and stocks (such as fish stock)<ref name="Farmer 1896"/> seasonings and spices, salt and pepper. Fresh or canned clams can be used to prepare the dish.<ref name="Goldthwaite Cognard-Black Nestle 2014"/> [[Clam chowder]] is a well-known clam soup, but not all clam soups are [[chowder]]s or have the thick consistency that chowders typically possess.

In Japan, hot [[miso soup]] with clams is a traditional cure for the [[hangover]].<ref name="Bellomo 2015"/> Clams possess high levels of [[ornithine]], an [[amino acid]] that some Japanese people believe serves to reduce levels of stress, and "helps improve liver function—including detoxifying harmful substances like alcohol."<ref name="Bellomo 2015"/> A canned clam soup product named "Power of 70" claims to cure hangovers.<ref name="Bellomo 2015"/>

==Varieties==
===Clam chowder===
[[File:Clam chowder with whole clams.jpg|thumb|[[Clam chowder]] with whole clams]]
[[Clam chowder]] is a clam soup prepared as a [[chowder]], typically using a cream base.<ref name="Warshaw 2015"/> Several varieties of clam chowder exist. [[Manhattan clam chowder]] is a tomato-based soup prepared with vegetables and clams, but lacks cream or milk.<ref name="Warshaw 2015"/><ref name="Voltz 1972"/><ref name="Correa 2016"/>

===Jaecheop-guk===

[[Jaecheop-guk]] is a clear [[Korean cuisine|Korean soup]] made with small [[freshwater]] [[clam]]s called ''jaecheop'' (재첩, ''[[Corbicula leana]]''). It is a local specialty of the [[Gyeongsang Province]] where ''jaecheop'' are harvested, such as the lower reaches of [[Nakdong River]], and river basins around [[Gimhae]], Myeongji, Eumgung, and [[Hadan]] counties<ref name="triptokorea">{{cite web |url=http://english.triptokorea.com/english/viewtopic.php?t=4248 |title=Jaecheopguk (edile cockle soup) |publisher=triptokorea.com |access-date=2017-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717104911/http://english.triptokorea.com/english/viewtopic.php?t=4248 |archive-date=2011-07-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as places near the [[Suyeong River]] in [[Busan]] and the [[Seomjin River]].<ref name="Doosan">{{cite web |url=http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=780473&contentno=780473 |title=Jaecheopguk (재첩국) |publisher=[[Doosan Encyber]] |language=ko |access-date=2008-05-25 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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File:Korean clam soup-Jaecheopguk-01.jpg|[[Jaecheop-guk]]
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==Gallery==
<gallery class="center" caption="Clam soups" widths="220px" heights="160px">
File:Hamaguri 001.jpg|A simple clam soup
File:Korean clam soup with spinach.jpg|Korean clam soup with spinach
File:Fresh clam soup.jpg|Fresh clam soup
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==See also==
{{portal|Food}}
* [[List of clam dishes]]
* [[List of fish and seafood soups]]

==References==
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<ref name="Goldthwaite Cognard-Black Nestle 2014">{{cite book | last=Goldthwaite | first=M. | last2=Cognard-Black | first2=J. | last3=Nestle | first3=M. | title=Books That Cook: The Making of a Literary Meal | publisher=NYU Press | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-4798-3021-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5IETCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA31 | page=31}}</ref>
<ref name="Voltz 1972">{{cite web | author=Voltz, Jeanne| title=What is a Chowder? | website=Journal News | date=October 29, 1972 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4065326/chowder_recipes_1972/ | access-date=March 19, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="Correa 2016">{{cite web | last=Correa | first=Cynthia | title=A Brief History of Clam Chowder | website=Eater | date=January 31, 2016 | url=http://www.eater.com/2016/1/31/10810568/clam-chowder-manhattan-hatteras-new-england-rhode-island-minorcan-new-jersey | access-date=March 19, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830005021/https://www.eater.com/2016/1/31/10810568/clam-chowder-manhattan-hatteras-new-england-rhode-island-minorcan-new-jersey | archive-date=August 30, 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="Warshaw 2015">{{cite book | last=Warshaw | first=H.S. | title=Eat Out, Eat Well: The Guide to Eating Healthy in Any Restaurant | publisher=American Diabetes Association | year=2015 | isbn=978-1-58040-618-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vl7oBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA303 | page=303}}</ref>
<ref name="Bellomo 2015">{{cite web | last=Bellomo | first=Rheanna O'Neil | title=Hot Clam Soup Might Be The Hangover Cure We've Been Searching For | website=Delish | date=October 20, 2015 | url=http://www.delish.com/food-news/a44403/canned-clam-miso-soup-hangover-cure/ | access-date=March 19, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="Farmer 1896">{{cite book | last=Farmer | first=F.M. | title=Original 1896 Boston Cooking-School Cook Book | publisher=Dover Publications | year=1896 | isbn=978-0-486-29697-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=26BGgEh8Lo0C&pg=PR22 | page=xxii}}</ref>
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==Further reading==
* {{cite web | author=Tanis, David | title=The more broth, the better with this Thai-style clam soup | website=The Straits Times | date=December 2, 2016 | url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/food/the-more-broth-the-better-with-this-thai-style-clam-soup | access-date=March 19, 2017}}

[[Category:Clam dishes]]
[[Category:Fish and seafood soups]]