The black digestive gland and gill structure of scallop are inedible, and the edible parts are white muscle adductor, red or white reproduction and skirt.

1, scallop sandbags cannot be eaten.

Sandbags are the digestive glands of scallops, which is equivalent to animals entering the water. There are discharged wastes, toxins, heavy metals or sediments, that is, black things in the lower circle. This part is inedible and must be completely removed.

2. The gill of scallop can't be eaten.

Those orange-red or orange-yellow eyelash-like parts under the sandbag are scallop gills, which are also one of the inedible parts and should be removed.

3. Edible parts

Edible parts are white adductor muscle, flaky red or white reproductive body and skirt. Although the skirt of scallop can be eaten, it also hides a lot of dirt and bacteria. If it's bad for your health, you'd better wash it and cook it. (The picture below shows the edible part).

Extended information 1. Selection of live scallops

1. Scallops with uniform shell color, luster and size should be selected, but not too small, otherwise the edible value is not great because of less meat.

2. See if the shell is open. Live scallops will close under the action of external force, but what can't be closed after opening is dead scallops, so you can't choose.

Second, buy chilled scallops

Whether the appearance is white or not, the output of pure scallop meat after thawing, the size and uniformity of particles, and whether it is broken or not can all decide whether to choose.

Generally, the yield is about 70%, and the chilled scallops with white color, large and full grains, high freshness and no broken grains, or with no more than 10 broken grains per 500g, are qualified products.

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