How to choose fresh scallops?

First, the selection method of live scallops

1. Appearance: Choose scallops with the same shell color and luster.

2. Size: It should be even in size, not too small.

3. vitality: see if the shell is open. Live scallops will close under the action of external force, but all the scallops that can't close after opening are dead scallops. Don't choose.

Second, the selection method of chilled scallops

1. Appearance: Observe the output of scallop meat, the size and uniformity of white particles. The general yield is about 70%, the color is white, and the particles are large and full.

2. Thawing: See if there are many broken shells and the freshness after thawing, and then decide whether to choose. The chilled scallops with high freshness, no broken grains or no more than 10 per 500g of broken grains are qualified products.

Three. Precious sea scallop

Scallops are delicious and nutritious. Its shell, meat and nacre have extremely high utilization value, and it ranks as the three treasures of seafood alongside sea cucumber and abalone.

Scallop is called Yaozhu, also called "scallop". It is a dried product made of scallop column, which belongs to one of the "eight treasures of the sea" and has the reputation of the best seafood.

Fourth, exquisite crafts fan shells

Scallops have two shells, about the same size. The shell surface of scallop is very beautiful, with rich and varied colors, such as purple brown, light brown, reddish brown, apricot yellow, grayish white and so on.

Bay scallop has a brown shell and scallop has a white shell. Scallop with holes, which is often used as one of the raw materials for shell carving and other handicrafts, is a kind of shell with red shell surface, mainly because it has relatively little water and is easy to make by hand.

Five, can operate scallops.

Scallops are migratory species, so they are called "pilgrimage mussels" in Europe.

Starfish can eat more than a dozen scallops a day and are natural enemies of scallops. Therefore, in order to protect themselves from predators, scallops beat two shells to push the water forward to avoid hunting. The appearance of escape is very simple and lovely.

Six, how to eat scallops

The ancients were full of praise for this: "After three days of eating, I still feel that Ji Xia is boring.

Scallop meat is sweet and fragrant. In the cooking process, any extra seasoning and salt is a rare behavior. You can taste its original flavor by frying, steaming, stewing and baking.

There are many kinds of scallops, besides the well-known scallops with garlic vermicelli, there are also dried scallop soup with white gourd, scallops fried with herbs, scallops baked with cheese, scallops grilled with charcoal and so on.