"Dan Logcher" > wrote in message
...
> Michael wrote:
> > "Dan Logcher" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> >>Jim S. wrote:
> >>
> >>>That sounds tasty!!! I've got to score some fresh scallops!
> >>
> >
> > Boston has got to have some place that have fresh scallops. My local
> > upscale grocery will order them for me ( granted at an absurd price) but
if
> > you've never had them fresh out of the shell it would be worth it for
the
> > first time. Maine and California are really the places to get them
fresh.
> > but the rest for us unwashed may indulge from time to time.
>
> That's what I mean, fresh out of the shell.. I want to find some place in
> Maine where the fisherman eat scallops and urchins out of the shell.
>
> I was in the Bahamas back in 1994, on one of the less populated islands.
> I saw locals with a pickup truck full of conch, and they were eating it
> right out of the shell. I was drooling..
>
> --
> Dan
>

I have been to the Bahamas several times including Great Exuma and North
Eleuthera
and have eaten Conch many times, but I've never seen it eaten raw.
I would have loved to try it.

Musashi