CLAMS CASINO
Here is a great appetizer to start a seafood dinner. Two dozen average clams will serve 4 people sparingly, or two people rather lavishly. Clams Casino is a natural to accompany a good, dry Champagne.

To begin with, shuck your clams, leaving them on the half shell. Put clams on a bed of rock salt in a flat pan or pans big enough to hold them without crowding. Mix together:

4 Tbl. softened butter

2 tsp. anchovy paste

Put about 1/2 tsp. of this mixture under each of the clams.

4 strips bacon

Cut bacon into 24 pieces. Partially cook in a frying pan, drain and reserve.

1/4 cup parsely, finely chopped

1/4 cup green pepper, minced

1/4 cup pimento, minced

Mix together and sprinkle evenly over the clams. Season clams with a dash of:

Tabasco Sauce

Put a piece of bacon on each clam and heat in a 450 degree oven until bacon is crisp and clams sizzle around the edges. Serve with a garnish of lemon or lime slices and more Tabasco Sauce.

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