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On 2/5/2017 3:01 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:

> The weekend meal was $13.99.
>
> I chose the current specials of pecan crusted fish, golden deep
> fried shrimp and carved lemon rosemary steak and the scallops skewers.
> (I don't remember the kind of fish or steak). Every item but the
> scallops were outstanding. Juicy, tender, hot, fresh and not
> overcooked. The scallops were an education. There were 6 or 8 of
> them on a wooden skewer, they were grilled. The scallops each were
> about the size of a kidney bean, maybe a smidge larger -- no joking or
> exaggeration -- really. Of course they were overcooked, dry and
> tasteless. How could they not be. I didn't know that scallops came
> that small and if they did that it was legal to harvest them at that
> size. I mean, it's the killing of babies, right?
>
> The steak was about 1.5 inches thick and rare in the true meaning of
> rare (hot and dark pink)


Bay scallops are small. Considering the offering of scallops and
shrimp. the price is reasonable.

We went to a GC a few years back. It food, lots of it. Not much else
to say about it. There are a few people that really pig out at places
like that too, getting their money's worth.