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Nova Scotia Scallop Chowder Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Melt butter in skillet (with garlic)
  • fry scallops on both sides.
  • With a knife, cut scallops into small pieces, making sure that they are well browned.
  • Meanwhile, cook potatoes and onions in lightly sated water or fish stock til tender, but not mushy.
  • Add scallops and milk and season to taste.
  • Bring to just under the boiling point
  • Oyster crackers are great too.

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  • greenlord 15 years ago
    Great recipe !! I actually had the chance to have it as well when i was in NS. I am glad you got to visit NS as most Americans only know Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa and Quebec City. NS is a very rustic and charming province. Thanks for posting it, i never knew how to make it. BTW you were good to be able to talk out a recipe of a restaurant. I know i wouldn't if it was mine ;)

    Thanks, Jean.
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  • whuebl 16 years ago
    Thanks you so much for this valuable recipe... and I would like to clear up a few points in the spirit of getting things right, as you say in your Tagline...

    - the CAT mentioned in the forward to your recipe goes to Yarmouth and not Halifax which is twice as far away (Halifax is the capital of NS). The Acadian coast is north of Yarmouth and nowhere near Halifax... which makes perfect sense since you traveled it. I suspect you didn't get very far in the 6 hour round trip plus meal that you had while you were there.

    - if you have to cut up the scallops, then you have gotten the inferior deep sea scallops and not the bay scallops which are only 1/2 inch across. http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/aa080299a.htm

    - Scallops get tough when you cook them too long so I suggest not cooking them until they are brown. Lightly fry them on both sides should do it.

    - I remember standing on the docks in a quaint town - Baddeck - on Bras D'or lake and getting lobsters for $1 a pound many, MANY years ago... and I thought they were the favorite food of NS?

    But what do I know???
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  • je_suis_cindy 16 years ago
    Were they Digby scallops? :)
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  • zanna 16 years ago
    In the mood for seafood.This looks great,thanks.
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  • debra47 16 years ago
    Recipe sounds fabulous. Heading in the direction of Bar Harbor myself!
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  • mrspotatohead 16 years ago
    Can't wait to try this!!
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