On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:41:28 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:07:25 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:38:30 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> >
> >> I like the dry pack sea scallops best.
> >
> >Just curious. How do you know it's dry packed?
>
> They were labeled as such. Wild caught, Georges's bank.
>
> You can also tell when you cook them. The adulterated ones do not
> sear the same way since they have a lot more water in them. They can
> have up to 15% of a phosphate solution added.

Thanks. Do they taste like what you'd buy from a fishmonger? I
haven't seen anyone talk about dry scallops here in a long time. I
was still buying/cooking shellfish the last time I noticed people
talking about the issue, but I've never had any problem.

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