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mtgoat666
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Quote: Originally posted by David K  | Lencho, you answered the question I asked, but don't assume when I typed "scallops" it means I order in English. I speak enough Spanish to order most
things. I just have never noticed mano de XXX on a menu. Maybe because I wasn't looking fot it?
The word for scallops is hacha or vieira. Yes, goat, I know about the hacha clam found in the Sea of Cortez. The meat inside is pretty close to a
traditional scallop. |
Hacha is hatchet.
The callo de hacha meat is in my opinion much different than traditional scallops gringos are familiar with...
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bajabuddha
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Yeppers, that's purty nit-picky. 
All the restaurants in BCS I've ever visited listed CALLOS on the menu.
Enough said. 
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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bajabuddha
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| Quote: Originally posted by lencho | | I believe you, but seeing that I
wouldn't be sure what they were going to serve me. Do you know if "callos" alone generally refers to a specific variety? |
I always asked, "es callos de hacha o hancha (ancha?)?
Picky, picky, picky! 
btw, I've harvested a few of both hacha and hancha over the years, and still my fave were the talones. Ever had em? If not, I highly recommend them.
I'd cook em in a (green box) Nutri Leche sauce ( w/ a lil corn starch) and mucho ajo with basil and tarragon, tons of queso del parmesano and some
burned butter to start it all off with. Mui delicioso.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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BajaMama
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| Quote: Originally posted by bajabuddha | | Quote: Originally posted by lencho | | I believe you, but seeing that I
wouldn't be sure what they were going to serve me. Do you know if "callos" alone generally refers to a specific variety? |
I always asked, "es callos de hacha o hancha (ancha?)?
Picky, picky, picky!
btw, I've harvested a few of both hacha and hancha over the years, and still my fave were the talones. Ever had em? If not, I highly recommend them.
I'd cook em in a (green box) Nutri Leche sauce ( w/ a lil corn starch) and mucho ajo with basil and tarragon, tons of queso del parmesano and some
burned butter to start it all off with. Mui delicioso. |
Talones de hacha are good for ceviche also.
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shari
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The prized Lion's Paw Scallops have been off menu's for a couple years now as the fishery is closed in Guerreo Negro in hopes of the species can
recover in the lagoon. It was nearly wiped out from poaching and disease. So what you get now is also deicious...callo de hacha...the next best thing.
Always ask which scallops they serve...(although they often tell a fib) the catarina are the small ones...also yummy.
Yes there is a new cantina across from Malarrimo so weekend noise will be more than before.
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Udo
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In the Ensenada area, they are called "CALLOS".
You figure it out!
| Quote: Originally posted by David K | Lencho, you answered the question I asked, but don't assume when I typed "scallops" it means I order in English. I speak enough Spanish to order most
things. I just have never noticed mano de XXX on a menu. Maybe because I wasn't looking fot it?
The word for scallops is hacha or vieira. Yes, goat, I know about the hacha clam found in the Sea of Cortez. The meat inside is pretty close to a
traditional scallop. |
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pacificobob
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K |
The word for scallops is hacha or vieira. Yes, goat, I know about the hacha clam found in the Sea of Cortez. The meat inside is pretty close to a
traditional scallop. |
hacha=ax
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pacificobob
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party noise, like the smell of burning trash, are as much a part of the Mexican experience
as tacos and tequila.
some folks are better off in an American suburb where they have the freedom to dial up the cops and make their neighbors stop having fun.
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David K
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I didn't invent the words, they came from a Spanish to English dictionary site.
I know 'hacha' is hatchet/ax, in English (as well). It is a variety of scallop in Baja (Hatchet clam).
'Callo' translates to foot callus or toe corn, as well as a term for ugly.
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