What's for supper?

I looked at the wild-caught scallops in the case at HEB. They were $37 A POUND WTH???
Yup. Same price at the local seafood place. Friggin' halibut was $38 a pound when I last looked. I have no idea what's driving this. The folks at the seafood shop had no insights. The previous owner who started the business would have known because he fished and was on the water with these guys.

I buy half a pound and get 2 large servings out of it (pretty expensive for home cooking.) I could squeeze out 3 servings but I don't want to hold leftover scallops longer than a day.
 
Yup. Same price at the local seafood place. Friggin' halibut was $38 a pound when I last looked. I have no idea what's driving this. The folks at the seafood shop had no insights. The previous owner who started the business would have known because he fished and was on the water with these guys.

I buy half a pound and get 2 large servings out of it (pretty expensive for home cooking.) I could squeeze out 3 servings but I don't want to hold leftover scallops longer than a day.

I used to buy the small bay scallops that are about the size of a mini-marshmallow. They cook up really fast in a garlic butter sauce. I haven't seen those in a while, though.
 
I used to buy the small bay scallops that are about the size of a mini-marshmallow. They cook up really fast in a garlic butter sauce. I haven't seen those in a while, though.
Funny, I was just thinking of those because the recipe I've got specifically states "sea scallops." I used to get bay scallops cheap at Magruder's. But as you said, it's been a while.
 
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