Just saw this thread for the first time. Scallops are the best food around. I could eat them 7 days a week. I like them any way you want to serve them, grilled wrapped in bacon, sauted in a really hot pan with a dash of clairified butter just long enough to brown them a bit on top and bottom, in sushi, you name it, I like it. My absolute most favorite time ever eating scallops was last summer when we did a scallop dive off of Salem, Mass. We were in a hot spot, at about 70 feet and they were covering the bottom. I pulled my knife out and shucked one on the bottom. Big breath, regulator out of the mouth, scallop goes in, squirt the sea water out of your mouth, chew, swallow put regulator back in mouth, big breath. Only did one thought, wasting away valuable hunting time.
I'm scheduled for a local diveboat's opening day dive on April 4th and the Captain's promising us a hot spot. Can't wait.
PTN