Savoury Black Bean Clams

As the poorest of the poor, the first Chinese immigrants in America (mainly in California) scratched out a meagre living as best they could. Fortunately, they were used to such a challenge, given the dire poverty that had marked their lives in China. One basic need was readily supplied: California was rich in edibles, including many that the Spanish and Anglo residents shunned. (In the old Kung Fu tv series, there were many scenes in which the hero satisfied his hunger with the most