Scallops & Pasta

Misippi Egger

Tonight we decided to grill up some scallops with pasta and a little Caprese salad.

(Hoss & JLockhart29 - here are the pics!) :laugh: :laugh:

Melted butter, S&P on fresh skewered scallops:


Got small up to 500-550*, using the raised grid on my new Grate Mates. Seared for 2-3 minutes on each side:

The ole kitchen view:

The Princess cooked up some angel hair pasta with butter, fat-free half-n-half ( ) and parmesan. She also threw together Caprese salad with garden tomatoes & basil:

Not very colorful, but Yummmm :woohoo: :woohoo:

Hoss

LOVELY!!! Great lookin grub Clark.Flush that dayum fat free stuff,keep the carton and refil it with the REAL thing!!! :laugh: :evil:

rsmdale

Nice cook Clark,I love scallops,and this is the best time of the year for our garden vegetables.



GOOD EATS AND GOOD FRIENDS


DALE

Pickle

Very nice meal. I really like your kitchen. If I had that setup, I would never cook indoors again.

Little Steven

Clark,

Great looking cook! I did a salad on the weekend and got buffalo bocconcini from a local shop. Ten bucks a ball but it was wonderful.

Steve

Beli

Clark...............can't get much better than that.........great food & great place....

cookn biker

OH MY!! First, great cook and second what a beautiful cooking area that turned out to be!!!

Misippi Egger

She puts it in her coffee. i would NEVER get away with even a tiny bit of the real stuff in my pasta! :( :S

Hey, we have a Memphis BBQ network competition here on Oct. 4. A colleague was hinting around about entering and needing a shoulder chef (he does ribs). But he said they require a whole shoulder, unpulled for the judges to come around and look at, pull out the bones, etc. Not so sure about this "presentation" part. I'm like you in that I like the blinded judging.

He said winners he's seen have had about 12# whole shoulders. Not sure where they got such small pigs?

If I think I can cook a whole one and can actually move my large to the site, I might give it a try. ???

Misippi Egger

Thanks, Dale. Those are 'dry packed' Maine scallops my fish monger gets every Thursday. I buy a couple of pounds, divide them and vacuum pack until use.

Misippi Egger

Thanks, Pickle.

We have been using it since June and other than the stifling Mississippi heat, we love sitting out on the porch and watching old Andy Griffith shows while cooking. :woohoo:

Misippi Egger

Thanks, Steve,

Man, that sounds like Paradise in a ball. :woohoo:

Hoss

Go for it!I won 1st in whole shoulder at our little local fest last year.It ain't much but braggin rites and a trophy but so what?!

Hoss

BTW,I ordered my whole shoulders from Sysco,inside connection. 5 in a case,use 2 and freeze the others for later.

Misippi Egger

Beli,

Thanks. We just wanted a simple meal.

There is a man who sells fresh seafood every Thursday and he has 'dry packed' Maine scallops that are 'to die for".

Can't compete with your beautiful back yard setting. Every time I see your pictures, it makes me want to visit Monterey!

Best wishes to you and your wonderful family.

Misippi Egger

Thanks, Molly.

Haven't cooked inside since we got back from visiting my daughter in Seattle over the weekend. :woohoo: (The one who used to live in Boulder and who's M-I-L lives in C. Springs).

When it cools off a little (this fall), we will 'live' out on the porch (no snakes to eat our pets ).

Misippi Egger

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Florida Grillin Girl

Great pics of dinner, Clark. That must have been tasty.

Looks like you weather is a bad as ours here in FL, but at least you have a nice cover over those eggs.

Faith
Tampa

Misippi Egger

Thanks, Faith.

The worst weather missed us - just some rain, but that was gone by the time I got home from work - had one of the late duties today. I did drop the temp a little, making it more tolerable to cook on the porch. :laugh:

Gator Bait

Hi Clark,

Mmmmm . . .Scallops!!! one of the perfect foods.When I was much younger I spent a summer living with my older brother in Woods Hole, Mass. Every Friday we would go to the local eatery where the locals ate. The special would be a Scallop Dinner that consisted of a large dinner plate piled as high as they could get them with fried scallops and French fries, 50/50 right down the middle. Cooked to perfection, sweet, juicy and tender, fresh from the bay. It was all you could do to finish them. All for $3-$4. We were in heaven.
When I lived in Seal Cove, Maine I rented a room from a buddy that went diving for scallops on weekends in the winter. He would keep a huge scallop stew on the back of the wood stove and if you were ever hungry you could just help yourself. It was heaven revisited.
LOL, every time I see great looking scallops I can't help think of those two times. You get my ramblings for such good looking scallops.

Gator

Ross in Ventura

Nice looking meal Clark

Ross

Misippi Egger

Thanks, Gator. I could eat scallops every night !

Misippi Egger

Thanks, Ross. Just love scallops and pasta!

AnnaG

That looks GOOD!!!... I still love pics of your ODK... It is wonderful...

Grandpas Grub

 
Only one problem, why didn't you cook any scallops for anyone else. That just isn't fair.

Great looking cook.

GG

Big'un

It looks really Good! How are you healing up, Bro?

BigDaddy - OCT

Great looking food and an amazing kitchen area!! I thought I had seen some nice ones but wow!

Very nice job on both.

BD

JLOCKHART29

Who said old folks can't be condition responsed!!! You have learned well. The food looks great color or no color and your Egg kitchen looks like you are spending way to much of the kids inhearatance!! Really outstanding Clark. Jake would give it a thumbs up if he had thumbs! :laugh:

Misippi Egger

Thanks, Anna.

Still looking to do a demo cook, as soon as these arms get a little less sore. I will let you know when we get a date.

Misippi Egger

Thanks, GG.

I bought a couple of pounds last week and froze them in small lots for the 2 of us. They are so good, we just ration them out and don't share! :ohmy:

Misippi Egger

Thanks for checking, Big'un.

In fact I will be heading to the Physical Terrorist / Therapist this afternoon. I still pretty sore, can't lift anything with much weight to it or twist things (like beer caps :( ). We are trying to get more range of motion in my arms (can't rotate my arm out (thumb away from body) all the way yet and two fingers are still pretty stiff.

I've adapted pretty well and am able to work, though it hurts throughout the day. THey said the arms will hurt for 3-4 months. :ohmy:

No limitation on Eggin' though. :woohoo:

Frustrating! I'm a goer/doer and don't like being limited or restricted in things.

Everything OK over your way?

Misippi Egger

Thanks, BD. We are really enjoying the kitchen!