bay scallops vs. sea scallops

newsense

I want to try a recipe from the BBQ Queens cookbook, and the recipe calls for sea scallops. I notice bay scallops are cheaper (and on sale) at the store. Besides being smaller than sea scallops, what's the difference?

Unknown

newsense,
Maybe this will help.

[ul][li]http://www.ocean.udel.edu/mas/seafood/scallops.html[/ul]

thirdeye

newsense,[p]The bay scallops I buy are much sweeter.[p]~thirdeye~

thirdeye

<p />Sorry for the double post, meant to post this one. Be careful not to overcook the bay's. Pull them before you thing they are done.[p]~thirdeye~

Dixieland Delights

newsense,[p]A lot of times bay scallops are actually punches from stingray's (or skate's, can't remember which) wings. I can't even find where it says the difference on the package nor can I taste the difference. Thats why they charge less for them.

Unknown

newsense,[p]I'm not sure where you are, but here in New England the only bay scallops that are cheaper than sea scallops are imported from China and are pretty blah. If the ones you're looking at are from China I'd give them a pass and go for the sea scallops.

GaDawg

dixielanddelights,[p] I spent more than 15 years in the seafood industry in NJ.
I bought and sold seafood for 15 years at the Fulton Fish
Market. I never once saw false scallops for sale. What you
are claiming is an urban legend. Sorry to rain on your parade, but prove your point.
Chuck

fishlessman

newsense,
if your going to bacon wrap i would use the sea, fried or casserole the bay. most importantly i would buy the freshest ones and dont over cook them. they are better slightly raw than over cooked. about 2 weeks ago i had a pile of huge sea scollops and a big mottled brown red blue lobster fresh from the ocean. if your using bacon on the scollops partially cook it first before wrapping

mad max beyond eggdome

fishlessman,
try wrapping them with thin sliced prociutto sometime .. .along with a dash of dizzy pig raging river (or if you like more 'kick' a little jamaican firewalk), they are really good. . . i find the prociutto a little less overpowering that bacon IMHO. . .[p]dang, fresh lobster. . .is 'mottled brown red blue' a particular variety of lobster? .. . i've never heard that description before. ..

fishlessman

mad max beyond eggdome,
usually they are kind of brown with some orange on the edges, but this was a freak lobster. 4 pounds and was still able to fit on a maine gage for length. shortest fattest hard shell lobster ive ever seen. the claws were very red with blue arms and a mottled red and brown back. ive seen an all blue lobster from maine before but not one as colorful as this. if they were cheaper it would of been all mine, but we split it 3 ways. i always hear this tale that the small lobsters are more tender and sweeter, but i can tell you that there is nothing better than a lobster that is big

stike

fishlessman,
the only reason some folks thinkah smallah lobstah is moah tendah thana lahge lobstah is cuz most ovvum dunno howtah cooka lahge lobstah inna first place!