The guts and gills of scallops should not be eaten.

The scallop's guts hide a lot of bacteria and dirt, and there is also scallop poop and undigested food inside, so you must remove the guts before eating, so that you can eat it cleanly and hygienically. The gills of scallops are the eyelash-shaped part of the inside, this part of the reddish-orange or yellowish-orange, which is also one of the parts of the scallop that can not be eaten.

Scallops before eating, it is best to soak in water for a period of time, do not eat immediately, soaking can remove the scallop shell on the dirt, to prevent the shell contamination of scallop meat, scallops cleaned, you can also use white vinegar or brine scrubbing, to remove the scallop meat mucus.

Tips for selecting fresh scallops

1, look at the appearance, which is also an essential aspect of the selection of food, then the quality of the scallop shape is complete, the opening state of the touch will be closed, can not be closed, there is no response is generally dead scallops, do not buy, in addition to try to choose the appearance of the cleaner products.

2, look at the color, generally from this point is still very good to identify, then fresh scallop shells are yellowish brown or light yellowish brown, shiny, not fresh scallops are generally mostly grayish yellow or light green, and no luster.

3, look at the meat, meat quality is good or bad directly affects the degree of freshness, then fresh scallop meat elastic, non-sticky hands, if there is no luster and elasticity, touch will be sticky, it is best not to buy.