The thing about clams is that he doesn't even have taste buds. His secret shame. That's why he's always professing to like things that anybody with a functioning tongue in their head knows would be awful and are in fact awful. "Hey let's get some peppermint flavor in this oreo, because that's what tastes good. Hydrox cookie flavor and rough ridin' peppermint. Later I'm going to put some mayonnaise on some saltines, because I don't know crap about flavor combinations." This charade has to end.