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"Jude" > wrote in message
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> elaine wrote:
>> "cybercat" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> snip recipe
>>
>> > This sounds totall fabulous. BTW, I like bay scallops so much better
>> > than
>> > those big sloppy things they call sea scallops that are apparently
>> > sometimes not even scallops at all.

>>
>> Our neighbour down east goes scallop diving. There's nothing like a
>> fresh
>> scallop right out of the ocean. But.........but, you are saying that
>> scallops sometimes pretend to be scallops??? Sort of like pollack, or
>> whatever that fake crab stuff is.
>> e.

>
> yup.
>
> skate wings and a hole puncher = pretend scallops.
>


And they are soooo nasty!! Mucousy bland. Bleah.
(I have strong feelings about this. Scallops should be sweet and chewy, with
that bit of grit in them. I love them sauteed in butter and garlic with
white and wile rice and snow peas.)



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