To say I could eat 500 scallops

[HappilyHarridan]

DP says I couldn’t. I say, if I was really hungry and all there was to eat was scallops then it’d take about 500 to fill me up, because they’re basically air. DP says the most anyone could realistically consume is 30.

King scallops weigh about 20g each raw and apparently lose about 35% of their weight during cooking. So if you ate 500 that would essentially be 6.5 kg of scallops in one sitting, which is basically 1 stone of food. So yes YABU!

I also don't think it's possible, sorry op.

I think you'd be struggling at about 40!

I can manage maybe 6 in a risotto dish or similar in a restaurant and I'm stuffed. Even without the rice etc 500 is a fuck tonne of fish!

I love scallops, let me know how it goes...

I bloody love scallops. Not sure on 500 hundred a day, but I seriously do hungry damage to a small (beach). bucket a day

But what would you have with them? This is always my dilemma. I have a bag in the freezer but never know what easy thing I can serve with them

How long would you have to consume them? Is he thinking one sitting?

... and I could eat 500 more 🎶

I love scallops and would welcome an opportunity to see how many I could eat in one sitting.

I tried cooking them once and I just ruined them They are delicious when cooked by competent people. Don't think I could manage 500.

@HairyTangerine I had them on top of taglietteli once. It was a creamy sauce with bits of smoked bacon too.

One previous DP was a scallop fisherman so we had a virtually unlimited supply. We would eat 3 or 4 dozen between us, au gratin (followed by pudding). @HairyTangerine, just make favourite type of white sauce e.g. lemon and herb, add scallops, put in pie dish with breadcrumbs on top and bake 20 mins or so. The scallops must cook in the sauce to keep the flavour. Serve with a green vegetable.

They're quite high protein so would be filling - surely you'd be full after a few dozen?

But what would you have with them? This is always my dilemma. I have a bag in the freezer but never know what easy thing I can serve with them

Fry bacon or chorizo and then fry the scallops in the fat. Serve with salad and/or crusty bread.

Cook scallops with garlic and throw in a bit of cream and white wine - serve with crusty bread.

Stick a few in a fish pie or risotto with other fish/seafood.

in pasta Hairytangerine with either chorizo or pesto and bacon. Or just fried with chorizo and celeriac puree. Or in a garlic and herb butter with asparagus and broccoli.

I ate 36 oysters one night, and i could easily have eaten another 464! I just wanted to leave some for everyone else

I find scallops really filling.

In a starter I only need about 4, a main course about 8 -10, depending on the type and size.

I have a small appetite (despite being a heiffer)and prefer to eat small amounts over a longer period of time.

I don't think you could do it.

I'm with you! They're not real food. They just taste nice but you can eat them forever. Like chocolate.

500 scallops would be about 11,000 calories, approaching a week’s worth...

No way. Even 500 gulps of actual air would make you fit to burst.

Although if you are going to take on the challenge, please video it. Thanks a million.

Oh god I love scallops.

PREVIOUS DP was a scallop fisherman
Did you get fed up with scallops?

And now I want scallops. Seared in butter, with sage....
Damn you OP.
Don't think I could eat 500 though.

I'd say even his Mickey smelt like scallops.

Be careful what you wish for.

Sorry but it sounds greedy and shellfish to me.

It sounds like you are hooked on them.