The yellow part of the scallop is edible.

The yellow crescent-shaped thing inside the scallop is the reproductive gland of the female scallop. This kind of gonad is colorless and becomes transparent during the non-breeding season. After the breeding season, the color will deepen and turn orange or orange-red. This is edible, just like eating crabs with crab paste or crab roe, which is normal.

The edible parts of scallops:

1. Skirt: the white skirt-like part at the bottom, which tastes great when eaten cold after blanching.

2. Scallop column: The rounded column part of the scallop meat is also called the introducing muscle and the adductor muscle. After drying, it becomes a scallop. It is the most important edible part of the scallop.

3. Gonads: in sheet or crescent shape, usually colorless and become transparent, but after the breeding season, the gonads of female scallops turn into a beautiful red (orange) color, while the gonads of male scallops It becomes milky white.