Did you ever eat a dish of fried scallops? As you looked at the little squares of food on your plate, did you wonder why you had never seen them in the water? What kind of creature was this that existed in square chunks of meat?

Actually, what are sold as “scallops” and what you eat as “scallops” are only the large muscles certain mollusks. These muscles are used to open and close the shells, and they are the only part we eat.