On 3/5/2019 7:50 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 18:57:10 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> On 3/5/2019 5:53 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>
>>> I checked today and the price of scallops at Costco is 2 pounds for
>>> $24. That's a pretty decent price I thought. I'll get them more
>>> often. While I was looking at the frozen scallops I noticed that
>>> Costco has increased the number of items carried in that area.
>>> Something to look forward to.
>>> Janet US
>>>
>> Half of what I paid at Publix. Good, but expensive. Are they dry pack?
>
> what do you mean by dry pack. They are individual scallops, frozen
> with a thin coat of ice on each one.
> They are a nice large size, 15 to a pound.
> Janet US
>

If it does not say dry pack, they probably are not. You are buying some
water with them.

Wet scallops are treated with a solution of water and sodium
tripolyphosphate, or STPP, which preserves them as soon as they are
harvested at sea. Then they're often frozen. This preserves them, but it
also helps them to hold on to a lot more water weight. Dry scallops are
scallops that are not treated in this way.