Chuckle

[Matty]

We went to the SRS bike races this afternoon :) met a man from New York. He asked me the best place to go to get a Groper sandwich. :) I just love Yankee talk. I think he meant grouper I hope he meant grouper. Anyway I sent him to the Capt's Table. The guy who owns this restaurant own his own boat. Fish is fresh.

[Bob]

We went to the SRS bike races this afternoon :) met a man from New York. He asked me the best place to go to get a Groper sandwich. :) I just love Yankee talk. I think he meant grouper I hope he meant grouper. Anyway I sent him to the Capt's Table. The guy who owns this restaurant own his own boat. Fish is fresh.

What state is this? I should know but danged if I do.

One of my favorite fish to eat is the Iceland rock cod. So goood.

[Matty]

Fla.

[PolWatch]

I hope you didn't let him get too close....he might have been looking for a special sandwich for people who grope! Spring Break...ya never know.....

[Matty]

I hope you didn't let him get too close....he might have been looking for a special sandwich for people who grope! Spring Break...ya never know.....



He was much too young!

[PolWatch]

ya never can tell! :wink:

[Common]

Many restaurants push off cod as grouper <groper> Grouper is ridiculous priced

[Peter1469]

Thanks for coming back Matty. I won't forget why you did.

[Chris]

I hope you didn't let him get too close....he might have been looking for a special sandwich for people who grope! Spring Break...ya never know.....

Worse, he's a Yankee.

[Safety]

Thanks for coming back Matty. I won't forget why you did.

Because I asked her nicely?

[Matty]

Many restaurants push off cod as grouper <groper> Grouper is ridiculous priced



They caught restaurants doing that here. Laws passed. Stiff penalties if caught.

[Peter1469]

No. A troll was making baseless accusations against me and Matty shut him down.

[Common]

They caught restaurants doing that here. Laws passed. Stiff penalties if caught.

The still do it here and its not hard to identify it if youve eaten both grouper and cod. I buy grouper off a local fisherman who catchs them brings them in sets up a cooler and big umbrella to keep out of the sun and sells them for 6 bucks a lb, sometimes he sold out before he can set out the beach chair and umbrella.

[sachem]

No. A troll was making baseless accusations against me and Matty shut him down.Peter. http://downloadpolitics.com/images/smilies/shakehead.gif


We have trolls?


That was nice of her.

[PolWatch]

I have always heard that some restaurants sell shark cut into circles as scallops. I have seen scallops for sale in a local market and they don't look as consistently sized/shaped as some I have eaten in a restaurant.

[Matty]

I have always heard that some restaurants sell shark cut into circles as scallops. I have seen scallops for sale in a local market and they don't look as consistently sized/shaped as some I have eaten in a restaurant.


Real scallops are smallish. Very rich with a sweet taste.

[Peter1469]

I have always heard that some restaurants sell shark cut into circles as scallops. I have seen scallops for sale in a local market and they don't look as consistently sized/shaped as some I have eaten in a restaurant.

I love shark- great fish. A good scallop is heaven though.

[PolWatch]

The ones I had in a restaurant were about 1-2" across. Those in the market were smaller. They were tasty so I guess I like shark!

[sachem]

I love scallops.

[Matty]

In my younger days we used to scallop off shell island. Just swam along slowly with a mask and snorkel. The scallops would lay up in the grass beds. They will spit water at you too.

[PolWatch]

I've never tried that. We used to wade the grass beds in Mobile Bay for soft shells. They don't spit!

[Peter1469]

You can mistake shark for scallops. But I like them both.

[Dr. Who]

I have always heard that some restaurants sell shark cut into circles as scallops. I have seen scallops for sale in a local market and they don't look as consistently sized/shaped as some I have eaten in a restaurant.
There are giant scallops - they are from the western Atlantic, but they are generally very pricey and the texture is nothing like shark.

[Common]

I have always heard that some restaurants sell shark cut into circles as scallops. I have seen scallops for sale in a local market and they don't look as consistently sized/shaped as some I have eaten in a restaurant.

Easy to identify bogus scallups Pol, when they use shark or other fish they stamp out the scallops, they basically look all the same and are the same size. Scallops are all different sizes some have rough edges shark scallops are whiter than real scallops.

[Common]

There are giant scallops - they are from the western Atlantic, but they are generally very pricey and the texture is nothing like shark.

Shark is much firmer than real scallops and the taste is much blander

[Common]

Real scallops are smallish. Very rich with a sweet taste.

No thats not correct, bay scallops are small, sea scallops are much much bigger far more expensive and taste far better.

[Dr. Who]

Shark is much firmer than real scallops and the taste is much blander
It would have to be - it's a fish rather than a mollusk. I don't see how they can substitute one for the other.

[Common]

It would have to be - it's a fish rather than a mollusk. I don't see how they can substitute one for the other.

They do it all the time, I was in publix not too long ago and I told the fish manager he was selling shark for scallops. He laughed and said no way and I told him to look at whats in his case defrosted
Then I said come look at what you sell frozen. I said look the difference is night and day, scallop size varies greatly. He looked at me seriously then and said I have to look into this.

[Redrose]

I have always heard that some restaurants sell shark cut into circles as scallops. I have seen scallops for sale in a local market and they don't look as consistently sized/shaped as some I have eaten in a restaurant.


They used to do that in NY too. They would press scallop shapes out of pollock. I usually could tell, scallops are a bit chewier.

[Common]

They used to do that in NY too. They would press scallop shapes out of pollock. I usually could tell, scallops are a bit chewier.

yep pollock is a soft fish whereas when they stamp out shark scallops its tougher. Oh just for info if your scallops are chewey they have been overcooked

[Peter1469]

yep pollock is a soft fish whereas when they stamp out shark scallops its tougher. Oh just for info if your scallops are chewey they have been overcooked

Yes, a chewy scallop is a wasted scallop!

[Redrose]

It would have to be - it's a fish rather than a mollusk. I don't see how they can substitute one for the other.


Artificial crab meat is often pollock or other fish.

[Peter1469]

Artificial crab meat is often pollock or other fish.

But that is shredded and harder to tell by sight. Scallops are very different looking than fish. And taste different. I suspect that if anyone gets shark scallops and doesn't know- don't know what scallops taste like.

[sachem]

I learned that Sea Scallops are the bigger ones. Bay Scallops are the smaller ones.

[Common]

Artificial crab meat is often pollock or other fish.

Yes they overcook the pollock to give it some density, pollock cooked properly is soft and even breaded and fried will fall apart.

[Dr. Who]

Artificial crab meat is often pollock or other fish.
Also a bad substitute.

[PolWatch]

A friend's father asked her what that pink stuff was one day in the store. She told him it was artificial crab meat. He scratched his head a minute and then said "Honey, you are either a crab or you ain't a crab". I think that sums it well. Anyone who thinks that stuff tastes like crab has not eaten crab!