Seafood at home

We picked up some seafood from a seafood wholesaler at Gloucester this morning. It was damn cheap there. Oysters, not big, were $0.75 each, scallops for $1.2 each, all sashimi grade. There were a few kinds of scallops and the guy showed me the one tasted best when eaten raw. They really did. They were also so big that I could cook the gonads and the ligaments separately in sake for appetizers. They tasted terrific.

We've got a couple dozen of cherrystones. I originally planned to open them and serve them with half-shells, but turned out a pain in the ass to open. I gave up opening the rest on the 7th one boiled the rest, then cooked them over butter and sake. But they tasted better when raw.

We also had haddock and lobsters cooked, and some veggie and mushrooms and bread. Sophie opened a nice Sauvignon Blanc her mom bought her from France. And Jenna loved to sit on my laps when she was tired.

It was Priscilla's idea to have seafood for today. I did all the opening and cooking, but it was good to have a bunch of friends coming around. Everything was good.

I bought a dozen of oysters. Because it was a shame not to eat them as fresh as possible, I ate one when I was opening them. I did the same for the scallops, of course.