We used to go scalloping around Shell Island in Panama City Fl. The scallops would be fried up by my Mom within a couple of hours, talk about fresh. These were small bay scallops, very tender and sweet.
I actually like the small scallops best, the texture is off and the flavor is sort of bland with the impressive-looking big scallops, no wonder shady restaurants pass off punches of shark meat as those big scallops.
My wife’s cousin and her hubby just did that last weekend! Same place!................