Scallops: Why Not More Love?

[torker]

Why aren't scallops more popular?
They are so tasty.
http://www.omahasteaks.com/gifs/big/sp066a.jpg
They even go well with bacon.

[JPMNICK]

are they expensive?

[underdog]

Why aren't scallops more popular?
They are so tasty.
http://www.omahasteaks.com/gifs/big/sp066a.jpg
They even go well with bacon.

They don't go well with bacon. They go better than anything else in the world with bacon.

Actually, a Brazillian place I go to had steak tips, stuffed with garlic, wrapped in bacon, so that might be the best thing with bacon ever.

[A.J.]

I prefer scalloped potatoes.

http://static.flickr.com/44/166859281_317ffa5efc.jpg

[Doctor Z]

I'd hit.

[Dougie Brootal]

love scallops. and they go GREAT with bacon. anything is good with bacon. id eat dogshit if it was wrapped in bacon. you are crazy if you think otherwise.

[Ay Kay Forty2]

I sometimes get them at Japanese restaurant with the whole hibachi stuff. Delicious.

[JPMNICK]

i think they are hard to cook

most high end restaurants have them on the menu for an app.

[Ritalin]

Everything I know about scallops:

There are at least two kinds: Bay and Sea. You remember which is which because a sea is bigger than a bay.

Sometimes shady fish markets and restaurants will try to pawn off skate wing as scallop. A Skate is a type of ray, and they take the wings and cut scalloped shaped pieces out of it. You tell the difference in the grain. A scallop's grain is vertical, a skate's is horizontal.

That's it.

[lleeder]

i think they are hard to cook

most high end restaurants have them on the menu for an app.

I disagree they are almost impossible to fuck up. Unless you overcook them which even then is hard to do unless the place is completely inept. I like em fried too. Scallops are the best.

[Crispy123]

Sea scallops wrapped in bacon, grilled or pan seared. That is the way to go.
:cool::cool::cool:

[sailor]

i enjoy them and make them from time to time, but they're a bit intimidating to cook. have to be very careful or they're overdone, but if you under cook them...that's just scary to me.

[lleeder]

This thread forced me to go out and have some wonderful bay scallops. They were amazing. :thumbup:

[torker]

http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/fish/images/scallops-bay-phils.jpg
This thread forced me to go out and have some wonderful bay scallops. They were amazing. :thumbup:

I went out and got some sea scallops. A little olive oil, a little butter, some salt and pepper, garlic, a squeeze of lemon, a hot pan...done.
http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/fish/images/sea_scallops.jpg

[lleeder]

http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/fish/images/scallops-bay-phils.jpg


I went out and got some sea scallops. A little olive oil, a little butter, some salt and pepper, garlic, a squeeze of lemon, a hot pan...done.
http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/fish/images/sea_scallops.jpg

Uncooked they look like chunky loads.:laugh:

[SquareHead]

My brother-in-law has been a captain of a scallop boat for 25 years. He catches about 40,000 lbs. every 2-3 weeks, and that is all meat (everything has to be shucked at sea by law). There are many ways to prepare scallop, but blackened with cocktail sauce is terrific.

What most people don't know is, every scallop sold in the U.S. and most of the world are "soaked". When the meat is unloaded from the boats, it is taken to a processing facility. The scallops are then soaked in a brine that includes steroids, and other chemicals. The soaking process swells the scallop to 1/3 larger in size to get the most possible money per pound.

I'm lucky enough to get an unlimited supply "on the arm". The taste is much sweeter & delicious than any served in a restaurant or fish market.

[lleeder]

My brother-in-law has been a captain of a scallop boat for 25 years. He catches about 40,000 lbs. every 2-3 weeks, and that is all meat (everything has to be shucked at sea by law). There are many ways to prepare scallop, but blackened with cocktail sauce is terrific.

What most people don't know is, every scallop sold in the U.S. and most of the world are "soaked". When the meat is unloaded from the boats, it is taken to a processing facility. The scallops are then soaked in a brine that includes steroids, and other chemicals. The soaking process swells the scallop to 1/3 larger in size to get the most possible money per pound.

I'm lucky enough to get an unlimited supply "on the arm". The taste is much sweeter & delicious than any served in a restaurant or fish market.

Squarehead is quite the scallop braggart.

[torker]

My brother-in-law has been a captain of a scallop boat for 25 years. He catches about 40,000 lbs. every 2-3 weeks, and that is all meat (everything has to be shucked at sea by law). There are many ways to prepare scallop, but blackened with cocktail sauce is terrific.

The Tastiest Catch

What most people don't know is, every scallop sold in the U.S. and most of the world are "soaked". When the meat is unloaded from the boats, it is taken to a processing facility. The scallops are then soaked in a brine that includes steroids, and other chemicals. The soaking process swells the scallop to 1/3 larger in size to get the most possible money per pound.
Thank God for chemicals!

[SquareHead]

Squarehead is quite the scallop braggart.

I do know more about them that I should or care to.

[lleeder]

I do know more about them that I would should or care.

I think ScallopHead would be a more popular boardname. I know I'd love it.

[torker]

I second the motion.

[SquareHead]

I just wanted to warn everyone of the steroids, so it explains the reason you got your period at an early age. :lol:

[lleeder]

I second the motion.

Motion approved unanimously, from this point further SquareHead is ScallopHead.

[FUNKMAN]

i like e'm, sea more than bay

in chinese sauces or lemon and butter

[Hottub]

I hate 'em. Too chewy.

[lleeder]

I hate 'em. Too chewy.

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u96/rugr0401/chewy.jpg

[sailor]

I hate 'em. Too chewy.

that's overcooked.

[torker]

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u96/rugr0401/chewy.jpg

http://www.flixens.com/files/jason_hervey.jpg

[FUNKMAN]

I hate 'em. Too chewy.

that's overcooked.

like calamari... cooked right and it's tender

although i like it either way, tender or chewy

[King Hippos Bandaid]

Love the Scallop

a Scallop wrapped in Bacon is Heaven on Earf

also a Mixed Seafood Dish is not a Seafood Dish without Scallops

:king:

[BMoses]

Scallops are a quite popular down here in Costal Carolina. If you live by the sea you should hopefully be able to find a sea food market that brings product directly from the fishing boats. I simple method of grilling them seasoned with salt and pepper, squeeze a little lemon on and plate with some greens.

Also, they make for a great prank. Get some raw ones and place them underneath/behind the car door handle of some you like or dislike. Touching a raw scallop when you don't expect it is quite gross.

[JimBeam]

Torker I thought the same thing when I saw the pic of that Fake Han Solo.

Funny stuff !!

I do enjoy scallops but the one way I despise them is wrapped in bacon.

I've only made them myself once though.

Sauted them in olive oil for a bit then poached them in some chicken broth and served over some bowtie pasta.

Yummy.