Coquilles Saint-Jacques

Scallops are of two kinds. Large sea scallops are found in the ocean and small scallops come from Chesapeake Bay and from off the Eastern Coast.

Sea scallops are processed at the point of harvest, their shells and orange roe being discarded. In France one buys these scallops in their shells and then has the roe to eat and the shells as cooking vessels. It is a real pity that the shells are not packaged with the scallops, just as snail shells are; that we are denied the roe of the scallop to eat is all but a crime.