Scallops are actually super weird

Morrigan · Feb 21, 2020

lol I had never seen them swim before. They are oddly cute.

And so, so very tasty. One of my favourite seafoods.

Also, 200 eyes? Cue Bloodborne jok--

Necron said:
200 eyes?!

I wonder what insights into the cosmos it could share.

Kyuuji said:
Kos, or some say.. Kosm!

--Yeah. That. xD

Kyuuji said:
Gorgeous fucking things. I thank them for their service to the plate.

Mother of Satan that looks good. 🤤

Wilsongt said:

Lowrys · Feb 21, 2020

Gnomepowered said:
It's just the whiter part- that's why scallops taste so different from other shellfish that you eat whole (and next time you eat them, bite one open and you'll see no guts on the inside).

This is also why counterfeit scallops are a thing, which are just chunks of ray/skate fin hole punched into a scallop shape.

Wait what? How do they manage to pass off normal fish as a scallop? In my experience it's very obvious if you're eating a scallop or some other fish.

echoshifting · Feb 21, 2020

Parch said:
Anybody try geoduck? It's a large clam in the north Pacific. Very tasty.

Geoduck is delicious and the jokes write themselves when you have one

Moist_Owlet · Feb 21, 2020

AIM FOR THE TWO COLUMNS

nded · Feb 21, 2020

Gimme dem sweet, sweet adductor muscles.

PassiveObserver · Feb 21, 2020

bye said:
what would you do with these?

You've gotta soak it, similar to dried mushrooms. Add it to soups or congee or stir frys. The most common dish would be dried scallops fried rice. The scallops breaks apart into threads and brings a briny flavor to the dish. Also, dried scallop is a main component of XO sauce, a popular Cantonese condiment.

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Pau · Feb 21, 2020

Shining Star said:
Look at this!

So many! :O Now it makes me wonder how they reproduce. D:

Ferrio · Feb 21, 2020

Pau said:
So many! :O Now it makes me wonder how they reproduce. D:

Well when a Starfish and a Sponge love each other very much.....

Pbae · Feb 21, 2020

Aeana said:

"GIVE US EYES! EYES ON THE INSIDE!"

molnizzle · Feb 21, 2020

Like most seafood, I don't understand the appeal. They are flavorless with a rubbery texture. I always feel like people are trolling when they talk about liking them.

nitewulf · Feb 21, 2020

Scallops we just eat the muscle, which is just all meat. Also it's typically cooked. Now oysters we eat the whole thing, and we eat it raw. Hell we pick it up and eat it right away. Clams we also eat the whole thing, guts and all, but typically cooked. We eat all sorts of bivalves and other shelled creatures.

echoshifting · Feb 21, 2020

molnizzle said:
Like most seafood, I don't understand the appeal. They are flavorless with a rubbery texture. I always feel like people are trolling when they talk about liking them.

Well-prepared scallops aren't rubbery at all. They get rubbery when they're overcooked.

nitewulf · Feb 21, 2020

molnizzle said:
Like most seafood, I don't understand the appeal. They are flavorless with a rubbery texture. I always feel like people are trolling when they talk about liking them.

With seafood, or fish sashimi, what you are tasting is the texture. And you enhance the taste with a bit of salt via soy sauce. Or sea salt, olive oil, lime juice, and herbs in a chopped salad (many cultures have this). It's a combination of that texture and the added freshness from ingredients. By itself a lot of it is chewy like typical calamari for instance. Fish sashimi by itself can be amazing, tuna, salmon etc...but it all depends on your taste.

Dr. Monkey · Feb 21, 2020

nitewulf said:
Scallops we just eat the muscle, which is just all meat. Also it's typically cooked. Now oysters we eat the whole thing, and we eat it raw. Hell we pick it up and eat it right away. Clams we also eat the whole thing, guts and all, but typically cooked. We eat all sorts of bivalves and other shelled creatures.

Nah, raw fresh clams for me, thanks! nom nom nom

(fried is acceptable)

nitewulf · Feb 21, 2020

Dr. Monkey said:
Nah, raw fresh clams for me, thanks! nom nom nom

(fried is acceptable)

Yeah? I never actually seen raw clams offered anywhere. There's a fantastic market/restaurant in Brooklyn where I love this Green Curry Mussels they do.

mutantmagnet · Feb 21, 2020

This thread inspired me to watch scallops swimming and I'm throughly confused now by the physics of them swimming.

I thought they would moving in the direction away from where the shell opens but instead the move in the same direction of the facing of their opening.

Anyone can explain this?

Septimus Prime · Feb 21, 2020

mutantmagnet said:
This thread inspired me to watch scallops swimming and I'm throughly confused now by the physics of them swimming.

I thought they would moving in the direction away from where the shell opens but instead the move in the same direction of the facing of their opening.

Anyone can explain this?

It pulls water in when it opens.

Heroicpiglet · Feb 21, 2020

I know it's not a scallops but...

TheMango55 · Feb 21, 2020

Can they control where they are going at all? Or is it just a method to get to some other place that isn't here?

Dr. Monkey · Feb 21, 2020

nitewulf said:
Yeah? I never actually seen raw clams offered anywhere. There's a fantastic market/restaurant in Brooklyn where I love this Green Curry Mussels they do.

littlenecks are the JAM, they are so sweet and delicious

Those mussels look good tho.

Quikies83 · Feb 21, 2020

Coricus said:
You can't just mention swimming scallops and leave us hanging! Look, now I had to go look up a video all by my lonesome.

. . .I dunno if I'm just tired, but this is kinda funny not gonna lie.

Lol
Me and my family scallop a few times a year during the season.. water is always so cool around the springs.. love snorkeling and catching these things :)
We go out to Crystal River Florida.

not me but this is our spot

Crystal River Scallop Season Was Terrible??? | 2019

In this video we take you scalloping in Crystal River/Homosassa. This year (2019) most people are saying that the scallop season has been awful and were comi...

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Crystal River Scalloping 2019

This video is about Scalloping in the Crystal River Florida area 2019

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mutantmagnet · Feb 21, 2020

Septimus Prime said:
It pulls water in when it opens.

Oh...Thanks.

Miniature Kaiju · Feb 21, 2020

Scallops are good, but mussels are THE bomb.

nitewulf · Feb 21, 2020

Yeah mussels are great. I love raw oysters as well....that briny, seaweedy taste is so good.

Scallops are actually super weird

Morrigan

Spear of the Metal Church

Lowrys

echoshifting

very salt heavy

Moist_Owlet

nded

PassiveObserver

Pau

Self-Appointed Godmother of Bruce Wayne's Children

Ferrio

Pbae

molnizzle

nitewulf

echoshifting

very salt heavy

nitewulf

Dr. Monkey

nitewulf

mutantmagnet

Septimus Prime

EA

Heroicpiglet

TheMango55

Dr. Monkey

Quikies83

Crystal River Scallop Season Was Terrible??? | 2019

Crystal River Scalloping 2019

mutantmagnet

Miniature Kaiju

nitewulf