[Rte66]

Is that really true? I don't know anyone to ask.

When my dad was a little boy, he lived in a land-locked state - and he was told that sea scallops and bay scallops were cut with little round cuuters, like cookie cutters, out of the "wings" of skates and rays.

I love scallops and will eat them just about any time they're on the menu. It never failed when we were eating out that he would tell me the "truth about scallops." Gag. I would show him scallop shells on the beach, even scallops with the roe attached (yummiest!) and he never completely believed me.

Sure would like to know if skate or ray meat ever was actually passed off as scallops anywhere on the face of the earth. (I don't think so.)

[linda_22003]

I have never encountered that, but have certainly eaten skate wings at restaurants. They're very good, but were not advertised as being anything other than what they were.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

When my dad was a little boy, he lived in a land-locked state - and he was told that sea scallops and bay scallops were cut with little round cutters, like cookie cutters, out of the "wings" of skates and rays.

There have been places...and I have eaten at places that have sold "Sea Scallops" which were indeed cut from rays...sometimes from sharks.
Bay Scallops are generally the real deal. Up here, the local varieties are harvested in shallow bays and salt 'ponds'.
The best way to tell the difference is to eat one raw. There is no way to imitate the succulence and flavor of a raw bay scallop. Mmmmmm...I love 'em.