You can still eat scallops if you open your mouth.

1. Live scallops usually have their mouths open. If you tap them quickly with your hands, they will slowly close. This is not the case with dead scallops. If the shell is closed and soaked in light salt water, if it opens after a while, it is alive; if it does not open, it is dead. If you want to eat it, stir-fry or steam it, if the shell is open it is alive, if it is not open it is dead.

2. For scallops that are closed by themselves, we have to use our sense of smell. If there is no fishy smell, it is a live or recently dead scallop. Scallops that have just died still maintain a certain degree of freshness, so there is no problem if you buy them and eat them immediately. However, dead scallops with a distinct fishy smell cannot be eaten.

3. Most of the scallops that have not been opened are alive. It means that it has just been fished recently and there is a lot of water in the body. If they have been out of water for a long time, the scallops will open their shells. Those that can quickly close when touched are still alive.

Nutritional value of scallops:

The protein content of scallops is very high, as high as 55.6 in scallops. Scallops are relatively low in fat and carbohydrate, with scallops having 2.4 and 15.1 respectively.

The content of minerals and trace elements in scallops is also very high. Calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, manganese, zinc, selenium and other elements are rich in content. The content of zinc in scallops is relatively high.

For the above content, please refer to Baidu Encyclopedia_Scallop