Dan Logcher wrote:
> Buddy wrote:
>> Dan Logcher wrote:
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>>> 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