I Wondered why the "Scallops" were so cheap!?!!

[whatmeworry]

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[JessicaTam]

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You had better copy that link into the grammar thread. I reckon it could create some interesting discussion.

 

[Pushka]

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You had better copy that link into the grammar thread. I reckon it could create some interesting discussion.

Hmmm. Clearly I haunt the wrong fish and chip shops. I've only known them as scallops. Never heard the word fritter used here.

 

[Pushka]

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Just replied on the other thread. Living in SA and I've never seen scallops called fritters.

 

[JessicaTam]

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Hmmm. Clearly I haunt the wrong fish and chip shops. I've only known them as scallops. Never heard the word fritter used here.

To me they have always been potato cakes. Scallops is a very eastern states thing, I have found.

 

[JessicaTam]

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I agree, potato cakes are called potato cakes.

 

[get me outta here]

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And, it's self explanatory. I never felt comfortable calling them scallops when that is a completely different kettle of fish item also often sold in a fish and chippy.

I agree, potato cakes are called potato cakes.

 

[rogerkambah]

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Just replied on the other thread. Living in SA and I've never seen scallops called fritters.

Fell for this one many, many years ago when I thought that half a dozen scallops and some fish and chips would be nice for lunch. Sadly not what I expected.

 

[coolumbla]

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I'm from Tasmania ( yes i know that explains a lot )
a scallop is demoting that is white and orange and dredged from the sea
Not made from Potato !!

 

[whatmeworry]

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Scallop to me was always a sea creature.

 

[Pushka]

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Scallop to me was always a sea creature.

Unless it's a potato that is fried.

 

[Pushka]

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To me they have always been potato cakes. Scallops is a very eastern states thing, I have found.

Yes. I've seen them as potato cakes too. But not fritters.

 

[rogerkambah]

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I'm from Tasmania ( yes i know that explains a lot )
a scallop is demoting that is white and orange and dredged from the sea
Not made from Potato !!

And they are fabulous along with the Bruny Island Get Shucked oysters.

 

[rogerkambah]

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Unless it's a potato that is fried.

So what is the shellfish scallop called in SA? Long time since I was there now, but I remember the little shop on the Esplanade at Marino was a great place to get fish and chips.

 

[OATEK]

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I'm from Tasmania ( yes i know that explains a lot )
a scallop is demoting that is white and orange and dredged from the sea
Not made from Potato !!

Surely you have had scalloped potatoes - sometimes known as potato dauphinoise!

I remember racing out of High School to gallop to the fish & chip shop near the station to order 3 potato scallops (3 for 6d) before the train came. Great value, wonderfully cooked and we worked off most of the effects of this wonder food in the race to the shop.

 

[anat0l]

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In my experience in Brisbane, a "scallop" always refers to the animal found in the sea, unless you were at a snack counter and there were no such cooked sea creatures available for sale but the potato one was. And even then, it is often referred to explicitly as a "potato scallop". I can't recall one instance in my life where the potato scallop was referred to only as "scallop".

A Fisherman's Basket at a fish and chip shop which advertises that you get 2 scallops with your order is almost certainly referring to your receiving sea scallops, not potato scallops.

The only real war left with respect to the sea scallop is whether you prefer with or without the roe.

 

[Pushka]

Grammar Discussions

So what is the shellfish scallop called in SA? Long time since I was there now, but I remember the little shop on the Esplanade at Marino was a great place to get fish and chips.

Scallop of course.

And yes, strictly speaking it's a potato scallop.

 

[blackcat20]

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Surely you have had scalloped potatoes - sometimes known as potato dauphinoise!

I remember racing out of High School to gallop to the fish & chip shop near the station to order 3 potato scallops (3 for 6d) before the train came. Great value, wonderfully cooked and we worked off most of the effects of this wonder food in the race to the shop.

Scalloped potatoes and potato scallops/cakes are two different things. They're potato cakes in Victoria, only heard them called scallops in qld....

 

[Shelf]

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Hmmm. Clearly I haunt the wrong fish and chip shops. I've only known them as scallops. Never heard the word fritter used here.

I used 'fritter' when I lived in SA, aren't scallops something that lives in the ocean?

 

[Princess Fiona]

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Scalloped potatoes and potato scallops/cakes are two different things. They're potato cakes in Victoria, only heard them called scallops in qld....

They are also called scallops in NSW (or at least they are in downtown Newcastle).
In the deep fried food capital of the universe AKA Glasgow they are known as potato fritters.