１２月２８日（水曜日）２０２２
夕べいつも仕事の行き帰りにカフェに寄ってくれるOさんから電話があって、実家からのホタテの到来ものをお裾分けに私のところに持っていくとのこと。
夜の１０時を過ぎてOさん現れお土産を受け取ったとき、私のイメージは店でよく見る白い貝柱だったのでズシリと重い袋に「えっ？」と思い、中を見ると生のホタテ貝がいくつも入っていました。北海道の親戚から送られたものだそうで私は初対面。さて、どうしたものかとネットで調べると、さばき方や調理の仕方はそれほど大変でもないようなので、深夜にやってみることに。とりあえずはきれいに貝柱や貝ひもなどに分け、ウロと呼ばれる黒いものなどは処分しました。新鮮な貝柱をスライスして試食してみると甘くて美味しい！あとは本日火を通して調理しました。ブロッコリも友人からのもので、海や里の宝物を堪能し贅沢な食事となりました。
I had a phone call from Mr. O who often stops by my cafe on the way to work or coming back from work. He told me that he was going to bring some scallops to share with me which his family received from someone.
It was after 10 pm. He came and handed the plastic bag to me. As a matter of fact I was expecting to receive white scallops in a box, but the bag was heavy and I found some scallop shells were in it. They were from Hokkaido by his relatives. It was the first time to receive these row shells and I didn't know the way to shuck the shellfish. YouTube kindly provided the way how to shuck and introduced several kinds of cooking of scallops. Then I just followed it and made it. I tasted a slice of the fresh scallop, it was sweet and good! Next day, I cooked those scallops using fresh broccoli which was also from the vegetable field of my friend. It was a happy dinner to enjoy fresh seafood and vegetables.
