The steps are as follows:

1. First put the frozen scallop meat bought from the supermarket into cold water to thaw.

2. After thawing, start cleaning the shellfish. Use a knife to remove the internal organs of the shellfish, which is what looks black. Use a knife, a Western-style table knife is recommended. Insert the knife into the shell and split the shell into two, also cutting through the flesh inside the shell. At this point you will see the shells have flesh on both sides.

3. Use a table knife again and press it against the bottom of the shell to completely remove the meat. In this step, the knife must be close to the bottom of the shell to remove the complete shell meat.

5. Separate the shells from the shells. We first clean the shellfish and use a knife to remove the internal organs of the shellfish, which is what looks black. Then put the whole shellfish into a large bowl. Add a little salt, soak in salt water for two or three minutes, and use chopsticks to rotate the shellfish clockwise. The purpose of this is to make the sediment on the surface of the shellfish sink to the bottom of the bowl.

6. Take out the shellfish, pour out the water in the big bowl, put an appropriate amount of cornstarch in the bowl, then put the shellfish into the bowl, and gently wash the shellfish with your hands. In this way, the cornstarch will completely take away the sediment remaining in the shellfish meat. Note: This is not all done yet. Clean the most hidden part: squeeze continuously along the red meat of the scallop from the top to the central axis of the scallop to squeeze out the dirt inside the scallop's internal organs. Repeat several times until there is no black matter left. , as shown in the figure. Finally, wash it again with clean water, and the shellfish meat is ready.

Extended information

Life habits of scallops

Scallops are filter-feeding animals and have the ability to select the size of food, but not the type. Food of suitable size is carried into the mouth with the swing of cilia, while unsuitable particles are expelled from the body through the abdominal groove of the feet. Its food intake is related to the water filtering speed, and the water filtering speed is the lowest at 1-3 o'clock at night. Therefore food intake is greatest at night. The main food is organic debris, micro-particles suspended in seawater, and plankton, such as diatoms, dinoflagellates, copepods, etc.; followed by algae spores, bacteria, etc.; the composition of its food species is consistent with the species in the environment. consistent.

Like mussels and pearl oysters, scallops also use byssus to attach to shallow sea rocks or sandy seafloor. Generally, the right shell is on the bottom and the left shell is on top. It does not move much at ordinary times, but when it feels that the environment is not suitable, it can take the initiative to take off its byssus and swim in a smaller range. Especially young scallops use their shells to quickly open and close to drain water and swim very fast, which is quite special among bivalves.

Chlamydia scallops are only distributed along the northern coast of my country, living in sea areas below the low tide line, with rapid currents, high salinity, and clear water quality. It inhabits the hard seabed at a water depth of 10 to 30 meters, and uses byssal threads to attach to rocks, shells or gravel. They live in camps and have the habit of living in groups. For scallops living in the sea, under normal circumstances, the two shells are open, and the tentacles on the shell membrane radiate outward to carry out life activities such as breathing, feeding, excretion, and reproduction.

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