`Stalking the Green-Eyed Scallop'

From: The Washington Post | Date: December 21, 1988| Author: | Copyright information

There's not much activity in Nantucket Harbor at 6 a.m., especially on a cold, gray day when the damp seems to seep right into your bones. In a few moments, however, the misty silence will be shattered by the drone of a hundred outboard motors. It's scallop season on Nantucket, and from now until March 31, if the stocks hold out, seafood buffs from Boston to Washington will enjoy that winter delicacy, bay scallops.

Bay scallops are about the size of your thumbnail, sweeter than sea scallops and very tender to eat.

And they're also an important part of Nantucket's winter economy, says Ed ...

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