Scallops

[Mjcpr]

Does anyone like those things?

[silverwheels]

Scallops wrapped in bacon are good.

[KC//CRIMSON]

mmmmmm scallops....

[Mjcpr]

Scallops wrapped in bacon are good.

Is it because the bacon hides the taste of the scallop?

[handcrafted]

Oh yeah. At Red Lobster they put them in this thing that looks like a fajita platter with some deviled crab and shrimp, and they smother the whole thing in melted cheddar.

Greatness.

[ChickSoonerFan]

Not sure I have had them. I don't like much seafood so probably not.

[Mjcpr]

If you don't like seafood, you definitely wouldn't like them.

I can eat oysters on the half shell but I don't care for scallops much.

[handcrafted]

If you don't like seafood, you definitely wouldn't like them.

I can eat oysters on the half shell but I don't care for scallops much.

When you get that bacteria thing that eats your liver and kills you, we'll be sad. We promise.

[silverwheels]

Is it because the bacon hides the taste of the scallop?

No, it's more like the two flavors go great together. I could eat scallops without bacon, but they're really good with bacon.

[ChickSoonerFan]

I like some seafood. But I am picky. I bet I wouldn't like them either

Am I babbling? Do you wonder why?

It's because I don't like the nubmers 1300-1399 and this is post 1400 so I have been waiting for this all day...just ready to do it already and get it over with.

Glad that is over. phew. ;)

[Okla-homey]

They are tasty mollusks. Succulent and vaguely sweet-tasting (like me), but be warned, speaking as a d00d who has fished them, lots of restaurants put "scallops" on the menu, and substitute ersatz "scallops" which are ray flesh which has been cut into discs with cookie cutters. Seriously. Bottom line, if they are too round, turn 'em down.

Authentic scallops are not perfectly round and if eaten steamed are immediately indentifiable from cooky-cuttered ray wings. problem is, when you bread them and fry them, most non-seafood savvy people don't know the diff.

http://img468.imageshack.us/img468/6889/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzmeat9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
scallop prep

http://img468.imageshack.us/img468/8062/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzscallopmeatl9gu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
scallops ready to steam or bread and fry

http://img466.imageshack.us/img466/170/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz19820lb20st.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
not a scallop

[mdklatt]

Oh yeah. At Red Lobster they put them in this thing that looks like a fajita platter with some deviled crab and shrimp, and they smother the whole thing in melted cheddar.

Greatness.

Smothering with melted cheddar makes anything taste good.

[ChickSoonerFan]

Location: Cloud 9
Posts: 1,400

Much better...sorry to jack your thread...carry on. :)

[mdklatt]

Location: Cloud 9
Posts: 1,400

Much better...sorry to jack your thread...carry on. :)

You blew it. Now it says 1401.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

Don't do it, VK...

I'm begging you...

[ChickSoonerFan]

You blew it. Now it says 1401.

Now it doesn't :P

[Mjcpr]

There is an Iron Chef episode where sting ray is the secret ingredient.

Nasty.

[BeetDigger]

If you don't like seafood, you definitely wouldn't like them.

I can eat oysters on the half shell but I don't care for scallops much.


Try eating an oyster fresh out of the water. Talk about salty. I used to pick them out on Hood Canal on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. Also used to dig Geoducks (I can't remember if that is how you spell it).

Those are delicious. Great clam chowder gets made with them. Of course, they look like a giant uncircumcised wiener with a big shell attached. Somebody post a pic. Pretty funny looking.

[Jimminy Crimson]

Of course, they look like a giant uncircumcised wiener with a big shell attached. Somebody post a pic. Pretty funny looking.

Um, no thanks! :texan:

[mdklatt]

There is an Iron Chef episode where sting ray is the secret ingredient.


I bet they made ice cream out of that bad boy, right?

[Mjcpr]

Of course, they look like a giant uncircumcised wiener with a big shell attached. Somebody post a pic. Pretty funny looking.
That's hawt. And a very good description, I might add.

http://www.molluscan.com/meal/images/geoducks.jpg

[AlbqSooner]

If you don't like seafood, you definitely wouldn't like them.

I can eat oysters on the half shell but I don't care for scallops much.
If you are eating them on the half shell you probably don't like them. Saute them with some butter garlic and basil and they are great eats.

Homey is right about the ersatz scallops made from ray. Very common to get them. I like the ray type as well, but NOTHING like freshly caught scallops.

[TUSooner]

http://img466.imageshack.us/img466/170/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz19820lb20st.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
not a scallop

That made me laugh... a little.
:D

[proud gonzo]

SCALLOPS GOT EYES!!
http://www.augsburg.edu/home/biology/photoofmonth/scallop-whole.jpghttp://www.augsburg.edu/home/biology/photoofmonth/scallop-eyes-menacing-wide.jpghttp://www.augsburg.edu/home/biology/photoofmonth/scallop-eyes-menacing-close.jpghttp://www.augsburg.edu/home/biology/photoofmonth/scallop-eyes-wide.jpg

http://www.augsburg.edu/home/biology/photoofmonth/scallop-eyes.html

[TUSooner]

about sixty primitive tiny bright blue eyes eyes reside in rows along a scallop’s mantle edge to detect motion, light and dark. A scallop can easily regrow any lost or injured eyes.
Cool.

[BeetDigger]

That's hawt. And a very good description, I might add.

http://www.molluscan.com/meal/images/geoducks.jpg


Yep, that's them. And they are very good to eat I might add (boy, if there was ever a setup, this is it).


http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/geoduck.jpg

http://www.takeourword.com/images/geoduck.jpg

[handcrafted]

It's really bizarre how shellfish all seem to look like ALIEN FRICKING BEINGS.

And rays scare the crap out of me.

[Jimminy Crimson]

It's really bizarre how shellfish all seem to look like HUMAN GENITALIA.

:eddie:

[Mjcpr]

Yep, that's them. And they are very good to eat I might add (boy, if there was ever a setup, this is it).


http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/geoduck.jpg



She might have fancy fingernails, but that's a man, baby!

[Sooner in Tampa]

http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/geoduck.jpg

That is damn near PRON. :eek:

[Mjcpr]

That is damn near PRON. :eek:

It reminds me of that day I took a cold swim.

[Sooner in Tampa]

It reminds me of that day I took a cold swim.You should get 'neged for being untruthfull :dean:

[Harry Beanbag]

Try eating an oyster fresh out of the water. Talk about salty. I used to pick them out on Hood Canal on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. Also used to dig Geoducks (I can't remember if that is how you spell it).

Those are delicious. Great clam chowder gets made with them. Of course, they look like a giant uncircumcised wiener with a big shell attached. Somebody post a pic. Pretty funny looking.


Yeah, that's the correct spelling, pronounced gooeyducks I believe. We used to call them by their more affectionate slang name when I lived up there though.


http://troyandgay.com/pix/Geoduck06240520002.jpg

[TopDaugIn2000]

I love sauteed scallops when they are done right. Fried ones are ok, but would much rather have them sauteed or even grilled over pasta with lots of veggies & a nice garlic sauce


*ok, you can now officially take away my hillbilly license*

[Harry Beanbag]

Apparently, Evergreen State College's team mascot is the geoduck. Here's their fight song...


The Geoduck Fight Song


(words and music by Malcolm Stilson, 1971)
Go, Geoducks go,
Through the mud and the sand,
let's go.
Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about,
let it all hang out.
Go, Geoducks go,
Stretch your necks when the tide
is low
Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about,
let it all hang out.


http://www.evergreen.edu/athletics/geoduck.htm

[Howzit]

http://troyandgay.com/pix/Geoduck06240520002.jpg

And this illustrates why I took so much grief for the gym shorts I wore to the Spring tailgate last year.

[Harry Beanbag]

And this illustrates why I took so much grief for the gym shorts I wore to the Spring tailgate last year.


Because you were making obscene gestures using shellfish as props? ;)

[Sooner in Tampa]

And this illustrates why I took so much grief for the gym shorts I wore to the Spring tailgate last year.You should get 'neged for being untruthfull :dean:

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

I can't think of one to say that's not just plain filthy.

Scallop thread, you have bested me.

[Mjcpr]

I can't think of one to say that's not just plain filthy.

Scallop thread, you have bested me.

Say it anyway, we're all drunk on account of St Patrick's Day.

Lemme have it.

[Harry Beanbag]

I can't think of one to say that's not just plain filthy.


Go on...

[Sooner in Tampa]

Go on...Please :cool:
In Honor of St Pattys Day and all.

[Sooner in Tampa]

http://troyandgay.com/pix/Geoduck06240520002.jpg

:dean:shakes head:dean:

:dean:"Brokeback Fisherman":dean:

[BeetDigger]

I should add that to eat them, you break open the shell and dig out the gut ball. Then slice off the "neck" (insert Lorena Bobbit joke) of the clam and then slice along the shell to remove the tenderloins of clam meat. You then blanche the neck in boiling water (insert MJCPR joke) and peel the skin off of it. Then chop up the neck (insert DC joke) into bite size pieces and use it for clam chowder. Saute the tenderloins (insert Chick joke) and enjoy.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

:les: BLANCHE THE NECK!!!

[Mjcpr]

I should add that to eat them, you break open the shell and dig out the gut ball. Then slice off the "neck" (insert Lorena Bobbit joke) of the clam and then slice along the shell to remove the tenderloins of clam meat. You then blanche the neck in boiling water (insert MJCPR joke) and peel the skin off of it. Then chop up the neck (insert DC joke) into bite size pieces and use it for clam chowder. Saute the tenderloins (insert Chick joke) and enjoy.

After having finally seen this phallic wonder of the sea, I'm thinking there was no need to go ahead and include the recipe for them.

Maybe it's just me.

[Mjcpr]

:les: BLANCHE THE NECK!!!

I thought your name was Michelle.

:confused:

[Sooner in Tampa]

UUUGGHHHHHH....now that we have a recipe, my whole outlook on this thing has changed....NOT

[1stTimeCaller]

I just eat them on the halfshell like oysters

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

I thought your name was Michelle.

:confused:

:les: PAT THE NECK!!!

[Mjcpr]

:les: PAT THE NECK!!!

Shut it, Blanche.

[1stTimeCaller]

can you cook it in the turkey hole?

TIA

[BeetDigger]

After having finally seen this phallic wonder of the sea, I'm thinking there was no need to go ahead and include the recipe for them.

Maybe it's just me.


If you've ever eaten clam chowder in the Pac NW, then you probably ate these. I suspect that many commercial producers of clam chowder use them too. So odds are, you have eaten them if you have eaten clam chowder. :texan:

[olevetonahill]

I feel so deprived , living in the hills of S/E Okalhoma the only fresh shell dish I get is armadillo
That possum on the 1/2 shell for you Non F--ing hillybillies;)

[TUSooner]

If all food threads were like this, I might never eat again.

[Okla-homey]

You ever seen chitterlings before they are breaded and fried?

Mrs Homey eats those things.

Frog legs too.:eek:

[Mjcpr]

You ever seen chitterlings before they are breaded and fried?

Mrs Homey eats those things.

So, is it true? Once you go black, you'll never go back?

[TopDaugIn2000]

I feel so deprived , living in the hills of S/E Okalhoma the only fresh shell dish I get is armadillo
That possum on the 1/2 shell for you Non F--ing hillybillies;)

yeah, but you can sure get some mean catfish down at "Skinny's" by the damn. At least that's what it used to be called. Haven't been there in years though, think they changed the name since then.

[TUSooner]

You ever seen chitterlings before they are breaded and fried?

Mrs Homey eats those things.

Frog legs too.:eek:
Frog legs are good and pretty tame tasting, as I recall.
Chitlins? I think I've never had 'em.

[jeremy885]

Why does this thread make me think of this news story :confused:

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-ouch17.html

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

If all foods were like this, I might never eat again.

Me, too dude. Me, too...