Where to buy scallops with roe/coral intact?

Anyone ever encounter whole scallops, including the roe/coral, available for sale? Prices?

I've gotten them wholesale from both Plitt and True World in the past.

I too have found them at Plitt. Can't remember how much we paid...$22 lb.?

Omigosh!

This was one of our epiphanies from our trip to scotland this summer -- that scallops have roe and that silly Americans remove this tasty appendage!!!

What a shame!
Taste was not much stronger than a clam or mussel -- just a little richer and a firmer texture.

Here is a little guy poking out from under parsley at The Creel Inn, in Catterline Scotland (a CAMRA recommended restaurant along the coastal road to Aberdeen):
http://www.thecreelinn.co.uk/



This starter was scallops with black pudding and mashed peas -- both the pudding and peas had a delightful cinnamon and cumin indian spice profile -- mmm cumininy. I wasn't really paying attention and thought a mussel had mysteriously ended up on my plate.

Later at The Anderson http://www.theanderson.co.uk/
(north of Inverness, also CAMRA recommended) we noticed the novel pink part and the owner told us the criminal story of how these morsels are removed in the US!

Here is the Anderson starter, Seared Scallop with Tea-Smoked Duck


FYI Both places have excellent beer selections. CAMRA is the Campaign for Real Ale and offers a Good Beer Guide that lists estabilishments that serve cask conditioned ale in good condition. In addition, for beer geeks out there, the folks who own the Anderson are originally from Philadelphia, and the owner of Monk's is a partner in the venture.

I will post more on the Scotland trip someday soon -- but viva the revolution if we can get mussels with roe in the states!

Griffin's Wife - it is indeed a dirty-low-down-shame that the coral/roe is discarded in the U.S.

At best it's probably made into fish meal or fertilizer... big sigh...

P.S. - great pics