Just bought a gallon (9 lbs.) of Maine ocean scallops to freeze the
other day at $7/lb. They ran between 1" to 2" size and were swimming in
the ocean that morning. They are probably the best tasting raw thing
I've ever eaten - they need nothing to dress them up.
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XX: Buddy

Buddy wrote:
Just bought a gallon (9 lbs.) of Maine ocean scallops to freeze the
other day at $7/lb. They ran between 1" to 2" size and were swimming in
the ocean that morning. They are probably the best tasting raw thing
I've ever eaten - they need nothing to dress them up.

Where'd you buy them from?

--
Dan

Dan Logcher wrote:
Buddy wrote:
Just bought a gallon (9 lbs.) of Maine ocean scallops to freeze the
other day at $7/lb. They ran between 1" to 2" size and were swimming
in the ocean that morning. They are probably the best tasting raw
thing I've ever eaten - they need nothing to dress them up.

Where'd you buy them from?

From a friend whose a scallop 'dragger.' They're only a couple of hours
out of the water by the time his wife has them weighed and ready. They
were dragging down off the cape a few years back. Are they still? Had
some great 'biscuits' come up from there.

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XX: Buddy

Buddy wrote:
Dan Logcher wrote:

Buddy wrote:

Just bought a gallon (9 lbs.) of Maine ocean scallops to freeze the
other day at $7/lb. They ran between 1" to 2" size and were swimming
in the ocean that morning. They are probably the best tasting raw
thing I've ever eaten - they need nothing to dress them up.


Where'd you buy them from?

From a friend whose a scallop 'dragger.' They're only a couple of hours
out of the water by the time his wife has them weighed and ready. They
were dragging down off the cape a few years back. Are they still? Had
some great 'biscuits' come up from there.

Cape Cod? Don't know.. I would think they'd still be dragging some up.

--
Dan

Dan Logcher wrote:
Buddy wrote:
Dan Logcher wrote:

Buddy wrote:

Just bought a gallon (9 lbs.) of Maine ocean scallops to freeze the
other day at $7/lb. They ran between 1" to 2" size and were swimming
in the ocean that morning. They are probably the best tasting raw
thing I've ever eaten - they need nothing to dress them up.


Where'd you buy them from?

From a friend whose a scallop 'dragger.' They're only a couple of
hours out of the water by the time his wife has them weighed and
ready. They were dragging down off the cape a few years back. Are they
still? Had some great 'biscuits' come up from there.

Cape Cod? Don't know.. I would think they'd still be dragging some up.

Yes, Cape Cod. Many draggers from Maine came to Mass. a couple of years
back because they discovered some untouched beds. The scallops were
running about 8 per pound. What do you pay for them in your area?

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XX: Buddy

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:57:03 -0400, Buddy why.wood.yew@bother wrote:

Dan Logcher wrote:
Buddy wrote:
Dan Logcher wrote:

Buddy wrote:

Just bought a gallon (9 lbs.) of Maine ocean scallops to freeze the
other day at $7/lb. They ran between 1" to 2" size and were swimming
in the ocean that morning. They are probably the best tasting raw
thing I've ever eaten - they need nothing to dress them up.


Where'd you buy them from?

From a friend whose a scallop 'dragger.' They're only a couple of
hours out of the water by the time his wife has them weighed and
ready. They were dragging down off the cape a few years back. Are they
still? Had some great 'biscuits' come up from there.

Cape Cod? Don't know.. I would think they'd still be dragging some up.

Yes, Cape Cod. Many draggers from Maine came to Mass. a couple of years
back because they discovered some untouched beds. The scallops were
running about 8 per pound. What do you pay for them in your area?

In Hyannis Harbor there are a couple of scallop draggers. I was able
to talk the captain into selling me two dozen still in the shell. He
was dumbfounded as to why I wanted them in the shell. Apparently he
had never heard that people eat the pink roe within!!

Except for a specialty fish store in New York City, I have never seen
scallops sold with the roe attached. What a shame, it is quite good.

Next time I went to the boat, the captain said the boat owner, his
boss, said he had a contract with a seafood wholesaler and must sell
his entire catch to them. Oh well.
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There are no atheists in foxholes
or in Fenway Park in an extra inning
game.
____

Cape Cod Bob

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Buddy wrote:
Dan Logcher wrote:

Buddy wrote:

Dan Logcher wrote:

Buddy wrote:

Just bought a gallon (9 lbs.) of Maine ocean scallops to freeze the
other day at $7/lb. They ran between 1" to 2" size and were
swimming in the ocean that morning. They are probably the best
tasting raw thing I've ever eaten - they need nothing to dress them
up.



Where'd you buy them from?

From a friend whose a scallop 'dragger.' They're only a couple of
hours out of the water by the time his wife has them weighed and
ready. They were dragging down off the cape a few years back. Are
they still? Had some great 'biscuits' come up from there.


Cape Cod? Don't know.. I would think they'd still be dragging some up.

Yes, Cape Cod. Many draggers from Maine came to Mass. a couple of years
back because they discovered some untouched beds. The scallops were
running about 8 per pound. What do you pay for them in your area?

Anywhere from $8 - $11 per pound.. but they step on `em with STP.

--
Dan

Dan Logcher wrote:
Buddy wrote:
Dan Logcher wrote:

Buddy wrote:

Dan Logcher wrote:

Buddy wrote:

Just bought a gallon (9 lbs.) of Maine ocean scallops to freeze
the other day at $7/lb. They ran between 1" to 2" size and were
swimming in the ocean that morning. They are probably the best
tasting raw thing I've ever eaten - they need nothing to dress
them up.



Where'd you buy them from?

From a friend whose a scallop 'dragger.' They're only a couple of
hours out of the water by the time his wife has them weighed and
ready. They were dragging down off the cape a few years back. Are
they still? Had some great 'biscuits' come up from there.


Cape Cod? Don't know.. I would think they'd still be dragging some up.

Yes, Cape Cod. Many draggers from Maine came to Mass. a couple of
years back because they discovered some untouched beds. The scallops
were running about 8 per pound. What do you pay for them in your area?

Anywhere from $8 - $11 per pound.. but they step on `em with STP.

Yes, I knew they did that with those little bay scallops, but not the
ocean ones. Too bad. Our season ends 4/15 and I'm not sure I'll be able
to get the 2 gals. more I ordered last night.

And to Cape Cod Bob, I'm quite sure the law says that they must return
the shells immediately to where they were were drug up - the larval
scallops attach to the old shells and grow for a while, so removing
shells screws with the cycle.

I've never had the roe - is there anything you don't eat in a scallop or
do you eat it all like an oyster?

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XX: Buddy

On 2007-03-31 09:18:39 -0700, Buddy why.wood.yew@bother said:

Yes, I knew they did that with those little bay scallops, but not the
ocean ones. Too bad. Our season ends 4/15 and I'm not sure I'll be able
to get the 2 gals. more I ordered last night.

Had a confused discussion on the topic of scallops last night. In front
of a plate of them.

Is there really a "season" for scallops universally? Or during varying
times of the year does one simply fish/harvent them elsewhere. If so
doesn't that mean there is a "better" time for tasty scallops and/or a
"better" time for higher prices and "fresher" (i.e. closer-to-home)
delivery?

I'm in SoCal, so I'm not sure if it's completely different between
here, Maine, the Gulf, etc.
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Gerry wrote:
On 2007-03-31 09:18:39 -0700, Buddy why.wood.yew@bother said:

Yes, I knew they did that with those little bay scallops, but not the
ocean ones. Too bad. Our season ends 4/15 and I'm not sure I'll be
able to get the 2 gals. more I ordered last night.

Had a confused discussion on the topic of scallops last night. In front
of a plate of them.

Is there really a "season" for scallops universally? Or during varying
times of the year does one simply fish/harvent them elsewhere. If so
doesn't that mean there is a "better" time for tasty scallops and/or a
"better" time for higher prices and "fresher" (i.e. closer-to-home)
delivery?

I'm in SoCal, so I'm not sure if it's completely different between here,
Maine, the Gulf, etc.
I'm not really sure about quality in different times of the year, but
our 'seasons' are the legal harvesting dates set up by the state. There
might be some logic to it besides regulating competing industries like
lobster fishing which requires traps and lines and dragging which raises
cane with the lobster gear.

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XX: Buddy

On 2007-03-31 12:03:59 -0700, Buddy why.wood.yew@bother said:

Gerry wrote:
On 2007-03-31 09:18:39 -0700, Buddy why.wood.yew@bother said:

Yes, I knew they did that with those little bay scallops, but not the
ocean ones. Too bad. Our season ends 4/15 and I'm not sure I'll be able
to get the 2 gals. more I ordered last night.

Had a confused discussion on the topic of scallops last night. In front
of a plate of them.

Is there really a "season" for scallops universally? Or during varying
times of the year does one simply fish/harvent them elsewhere. If so
doesn't that mean there is a "better" time for tasty scallops and/or a
"better" time for higher prices and "fresher" (i.e. closer-to-home)
delivery?

I'm in SoCal, so I'm not sure if it's completely different between
here, Maine, the Gulf, etc.

I'm not really sure about quality in different times of the year, but
our 'seasons' are the legal harvesting dates set up by the state. There
might be some logic to it besides regulating competing industries like
lobster fishing which requires traps and lines and dragging which
raises cane with the lobster gear.

I guess that's a start: can you tell me or point me to where I could
(very generally) find out. I assume if the beginning/ending dates are
within a few weeks of each other, that's all I really want to know.
I'm assuming that for the NE to Mid-Atlantic the time-frame is pretty
close, no?
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On 2007-03-30 09:07:01 -0700, Buddy why.wood.yew@bother said:

Just bought a gallon (9 lbs.) of Maine ocean scallops to freeze the
other day at $7/lb. They ran between 1" to 2" size and were swimming in
the ocean that morning. They are probably the best tasting raw thing
I've ever eaten - they need nothing to dress them up.

I've always been hesitant to eat raw shellfish due to the possibility
of neurotoxic and paralytic shellfish poisonings which don't (to the
best of my knowledge) occur in raw fish. Am I being unreasonable?
--

thepixelfreak

thepixelfreak wrote:

On 2007-03-30 09:07:01 -0700, Buddy why.wood.yew@bother said:

Just bought a gallon (9 lbs.) of Maine ocean scallops to freeze the
other day at $7/lb. They ran between 1" to 2" size and were swimming
in the ocean that morning. They are probably the best tasting raw
thing I've ever eaten - they need nothing to dress them up.


I've always been hesitant to eat raw shellfish due to the possibility of
neurotoxic and paralytic shellfish poisonings which don't (to the best
of my knowledge) occur in raw fish. Am I being unreasonable?

Depends on the season really. Red Tide doesn't usually present a problem
this early in the season. We had a bad run of it two years ago, none of
the local shellfish could be eaten.

--
Dan

On 2007-03-31 14:10:57 -0700, thepixelfreak said:

On 2007-03-30 09:07:01 -0700, Buddy why.wood.yew@bother said:

Just bought a gallon (9 lbs.) of Maine ocean scallops to freeze the
other day at $7/lb. They ran between 1" to 2" size and were swimming in
the ocean that morning. They are probably the best tasting raw thing
I've ever eaten - they need nothing to dress them up.

I've always been hesitant to eat raw shellfish due to the possibility
of neurotoxic and paralytic shellfish poisonings which don't (to the
best of my knowledge) occur in raw fish. Am I being unreasonable?

Reasonable is whatever you think it is. Eat in comfort.
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thepixelfreak wrote:
On 2007-03-30 09:07:01 -0700, Buddy why.wood.yew@bother said:

Just bought a gallon (9 lbs.) of Maine ocean scallops to freeze the
other day at $7/lb. They ran between 1" to 2" size and were swimming
in the ocean that morning. They are probably the best tasting raw
thing I've ever eaten - they need nothing to dress them up.

I've always been hesitant to eat raw shellfish due to the possibility of
neurotoxic and paralytic shellfish poisonings which don't (to the best
of my knowledge) occur in raw fish. Am I being unreasonable?
Once 'Red Tide' is detected, the harvesting and sale of shellfish is
halted. Here's more info than you might need on it
http://www.maine.gov/dmr/rm/public_h...ishhotline.htm
but as many times as we've closed harvesting, I've never heard of anyone
contracting this poison in Maine. We used to think it was a way to get
the 'clammers' off the flats and into the blueberry fields before we
were 'blessed' with migrant workers from the south instead of the north.

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XX: Buddy