Sunday, August 23, 2009

I Always Wondered...

I always wondered what scallops look like in their natural state. I've seen them on cooking shows, presented something like this:



Scallops are from the same family as the oyster but are more developed because they have eyes and are active swimmers (they swim by opening and closing their shell). They come out of the ocean looking like this:



Restaurants only serve the middle part (the adductor muscle) and usually discard the surrounding tissue (the roe).

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I am so happy that you posted this because it was something I've always wondered! Thanks for the information!