Clams Oysters and Scallops

This is way to vague and confusing. Please rephrase and resubmit. Be more specific.

I have been fishing, preparing, cooking and serving stingray, skate and shark meat for more than 40 years; and I can tell you, definitively, that the majority of seafood restaurants serve cookie-cutter plugs of stingray, skate and shark as "sea scallops"...

Anyone who is well familiar with the texture of stingray, skate and shark can INSTANTLY identify the bogus scallops. True sea scallops and bay scallops DO NOT have striated (fibrous) muscle tissue, as do sharks, stingrays and skates. A bogus scallop will look like a cross-section of striated muscle tissue. A TRUE scallop has a smooth, uniform texture.

There are many chefs out there who will SWEAR that it's illegal to market shark and stingray as "real" scallops, but that is simply not true. It's my conjecture that such chefs are covering their own practice of substituting shark and stingray for other delicacies on their menus.

If there are such laws, then seafood restaurants all over the USA are violating those laws with impunity, no doubt because such laws are not stringently enforced.

The argument that sea scallops and bay scallops are more plentiful and are cheaper than stingray, skate and shark meat is also preposterous. Bay scallop populations in U.S. waters are on the decline for various reasons, and many of their marine habitats have been declared endangered, under federal protection. Being on the endangered list DOES NOT precipitate lower scallop prices.

Small, whitemeat sharks and stingrays, on the other hand, are abundant in U.S. coastal waters in the EXTREME, and very few sharks, skates and stingrays are on the endangered species list. These boneless, whitemeat fish are REGULARLY used as substitutes for a whole range of marine delicacies, and most unobservant consumers can't tell the difference.

Steam them open in a big pot on the stove. Put in several cups of water in the bottom, boil, and wait long enough for their little mouths to open. At that point, use a fork to pull out the cooked meat.

well it was actually made to defend its self remember that all of the soft tissues are in side the hard shell

Mollusks have soft body and hard shells but some don't even have shells.

Oysters and barnacles exhibit a commensal relationship, where barnacles attach themselves to the shells of oysters for stability and access to feeding currents. While barnacles benefit by gaining a substrate and exposure to nutrient-rich waters, oysters are generally unaffected by the presence of barnacles. However, a heavy barnacle infestation can potentially hinder an oyster's feeding efficiency and growth. Overall, this relationship highlights the complex dynamics of marine ecosystems, where organisms can influence each other's survival and growth.

there are 14 due to the fact that i farted

to allow the clam to filter feed

Principally Calcium carbonate and Silicate; This product also contains many other ingredients including Aspartic acid; Glycine; Serine; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Decosahexemoic acid; Calendic acid; Octadecadienoic acid; Eicosatetraenoic acid; Calcium phosphate; Calcium sulfate; Glutamic acid; Taurine; Glycogen; Glutathione; Linolenic acid; Linolic acid; Glucose; Fucose; Aminohexose; Methyl pentose; Cysteine; Ferric oxide; Zinc; Manganese; Barium; Phosphorus; Calcium; Copper; Cobalt; Cadmium; Nickel; Lead; Silicon; Aluminum; Magnesium; Potassium; Chromium; Iron; Selenium; Molybdenum; Strontium; Titanium; Vitamins A, B1, B2, D, and E. Ref: 1. Liu Qi, et al. Journal of Changchun College of TCM. 1994;10(4):45. 2. Wang Shun Nian, et al. China Journal of Ocean Medicinal Products. 1991;10(1):15-16. 3. Zhao Zhong Jie, et al. China Journal of Ocean Medicinal Products. 1991;10(1):11-14. 4. Jiangsu Modern Medical College (ed). Dictionary of Chinese Materia Medica, vol. 1. Shanghai People's Press; 1977. 5. Wang Shun Nian, et al. China Journal of Ocean Medicinal Products. 1991;10(1):15-16. 6. Zhang Hou Bao, et al. China Journal of Chinese Medicine. 1990;15(12):711-713, 763. 7. Zhang Hong Yu, et al. China Journal of Ocean Medicinal Products. 1994;3(4):17-19. 8.Lu Gui Qing. Traditional Chinese Medicine Bulletin. 1985;10(7):17-18.

Bivalves are mollusks belonging to the class Bivalvia. They typically have two-part shells, with both valves being symmetrical along the hinge line. The class has 30,000 species, including scallops, clams, oysters and mussels. Other names for the class include Bivalva, Pelecypoda, and Lamellibranchia. Bivalves are exclusively aquatic; they include both marine and freshwater forms. However some, for instance the mussels, can survive out of water for short periods by closing their valves. Bivalves are unique among the mollusks for lacking a radula; they feed by siphoning and filtering large particles from water. Some bivalves are epifaunal: that is, they attach themselves to surfaces in the water, by means of a byssus or organic cementation. Others are infaunal: they bury themselves in sand or other sediments. These forms typically have a strong digging foot. Some bivalves, such as scallops, can swim.

If a pearl is deemed Freshwater pearl, chances are, it is real. Freshwater pearls are the most affordable pearls available. If the pearls are described as faux, shell pearls, imitation, or anything other than cultured Freshwaters, then they are fake. More and more vendors are popping up selling shell pearls. Pearls that are described as "shell pearls" are not real. They are made from a compound of ground up shell and are faux pearls.

Every mollusk except slugs, which have evolved to not need a shell, has a shell. Snails, clams and other bivalves have an external shell. Octopi, squid and cuttlefish have an internal shell.

Yes, after digging them, place them in a bucket of water and wait for nature to take it's course. Then cook them according to your recipe. Good way to rinse the sand out of them while you're at it.

well in a way.....an oyster is a shellfish so i guess it is

You can get them from net fishing or rock crabs north and north-east of relleka. Some will give you pearls which are worth about 1k unless the price of pearls was affected by the recent market crash.

only a couple of hours

Sea water with some bacteria in it. (That's what they eat.)

in the sea at the bottom of the sea. Oysters live on the sea floor or attached to rocks.

In salt water.

bivalve

If you shine a flashlight or some other light inside the crack then you will see what looks like the light and dark pieces of turkey that you eat on Thanksgiving but it also looks like the fish meat after you cut the skin off. This would be the inside of a clam and if you turn the clam upside down and dirt comes out then that means that the clam is dead and the dirt used to be the meat or if it's heavy then it has meat in it. If it isn't heavy then it's dead. 1 last thing DON'T EAT IT IF IT SMELLS LIKE FISH!!! If you want to find out if it's safe to eat then just go to the place to where you type in websites and just type in e-how.com and type in how can you tell if a clam is good to eat and it should tell you

Clams feed on tiny particles of whatever matter is suspended in the water. They draw the water in through their siphons and strain any particles through a pair of gills. Waste matter is ejected after passing through their digestive systems.

Not much. They eat by opening their shell a little bit and letting water rush in. Then, they suck all the nutrients out of the water and let it back out again. This is called filter feeding. They don't move around much, so they use filter feeding instead of swimming out into the open and risking getting eaten by predators. Some make pearls, and others don't. The ones that make pearls are called feathered oysters. That's all I know so far. I hope I helped!

An oyster in the Chesapeake bay lives approximately 30 to 40 years, but the longest life span recorded is around 80 years.

Any kind of carnivore but insects and all bugs