I like seafood. But, little by little, I have learned to cook fis h by myself. I still find it hard to serve fish to company, because I'm always worried about that overdone-underdone thing. But I've been studying hard and expanding my repertoire. One of my favorite forms of seafood is scallops, which I have just learned to cook properly.
Scallops offer a delicate, complex, ocean-y flavor.
But when they are overcooked, you might as well be eating a plate of erasers. The first step in cooking any food is to understand just what it is you are cooking. Scallops are mollusks. There are four kinds of scallops available, depending on your location and your ability to pay for them. Bay scallops, caught between Massachusetts and Long Island, are the most expensive.