Jessica wrote:

> Less than ethical fish mongers and restaurants have been known to pass
> off skate as scallop, just take a cookie cutter and viola "scallops!"
> They can't fake that tough little muscle attached to the side of the
> scallop though. I've never had fake sea scallops, but I've had skate
> wing bay scallops a couple of times.

Allow me to point out that skate wing can be very tasty indeed.

Bob