"Lady boss, bring me two pounds of scallop columns." At five o'clock in the morning, just after dawn, in the morning market in Qingdao's West Coast New Area, the stall owner's sister had already laid out the goods, "leisure" She did not stop her hand, only to see her sitting on the bench, with her hands with rubber gloves, with a small shovel to quickly pry open the shells, and the white scallop column fell into the stainless steel basin.
According to the hostess, this "harbor" scallop is a local specialty, in the nearby Xuejia Island and South Island every year in the early winter, this kind of slippery scallops are listed in large quantities, compared to the ctenophore scallops on the market, its price is cheap, last year's market selling price of 10 yuan 4 pounds, and this year because it has just been listed, the price is slightly more expensive 10 yuan three pounds.
"Because of the difference in taste, ordinary people still prefer to eat ctenophore scallops." But it is a good thing for processing value-added, after winter, many markets, there are many elderly people sitting on the bench to pile up shell scallop columns, a pound can sell for about 30 to 40 yuan. The dried products of scallop columns are called "dried scallops", and due to the high production, in addition to local sales, many are processed and exported overseas.
"This kind of harbor shell peeling is the most suitable for sale." At the scene, the uncle told me that after peeling the shell, the scallop column can be dried or refrigerated, and the home cooking is not used much, but the hotel or food stall uses more materials, so after the winter listing, many elderly people are hired to the dock to specifically peel scallop pillar processing, and can earn about 100 to 200 yuan a day.
Peel scallop column We have to understand the fleshy structure inside, after peeling the shell with a knife, you can see that the black and black piece of meat at the back of the meat is offal, deduct it; the layer below the skirt like eyelash-like yellow part is the cheek, to be removed, in fact, the skirt brush can also be eaten, many people use it to steam and chop the meat stuffing dumplings, and finally only leave the round meat in the middle and the crescent-shaped yellow is the scallop column!
At the scene, a big sister bought three pounds of "harbor" scallops, she said: Ready to buy home to peel scallop pillar dumplings to eat, because steaming to eat, the meat is not chestnut shell shell delicious, after peeling scallop pillar fried broccoli is very tender and refreshing to eat rich in nutrition.
According to the boss, at present, the port scallops are only listed, the price is mainly based on the output, a few years ago, the delivery price of scallops was less than 8 cents a pound, and now it has doubled!
After entering the winter, the wild seafood in Qingdao gradually increased, and the audience of shellfish like farmed shellfish was not large, so the stall owners tried to increase production and income. "Qingdao people are mouthy, there are wild people who still eat farmed seafood." The uncle laughed and said haha. Like toadfish 4 yuan a pound, red-eyed fish 3 yuan, yellow croaker 6 yuan... Qingdao by the sea, now the fishing ban period has just passed, to the dock on a variety of fish fresh is more, a few dollars a pound of small seafood can be picked, fresh and affordable, Qingdao is really a good place.