Seafood Sampler at my Parents' House

Saturday evening we had dinner at my parents' house. My father's kitchen is where I learned to love to cook, so I decided to take notes while we were there. Embracing my new love of seafood, my father prepared a feast of fish, which we jokingly called the "Blue Plate Special" or "Seafood Sampler." Really, he just got a variety of fresh fish from the farmers' market - sea scallops, flounder, and shrimp. Check out the size of those scallops!


My father used very simple and quick methods to cook the seafood. With such fresh fish, you really don't have to do much! He melted some butter, lemon juice, and parsley together. He put some in the pan and also tossed the fish in it first. As my father reminded me, this is something that cannot be done ahead of time - the acid in the lemon juice would cook the fish, particularly the scallops. He cooked the shrimp in a skillet first, then the scallops. He broiled the flounder. Each only needed about 5 minutes. He stirred the shrimp as he cooked and turned the scallops once each.


My father served the fish with some steamed corn and a nice mixed salad. Mmmm Mmmm healthy (unless you drizzled extra garlic butter over as I did...).