cyber**** wrote:

>> Scallops are weird. One minute OVER cooked, they are tough and chewy.
>> One minute UNDER-done, they're slimy and flabby.
>>
>
> This is the reason I pour off the water that cooks out of them, because by
> the time I reduced it, the scallops would be tough. I suppose I could
> remove the scallops and reduce the water, make some sort of sauce, but I
> like them plain.

If your scallops are exuding water in any appreciable amount, then either
you're cooking them wrong or you got suckered into buying phosphate-treated
scallops.

Bob