scallop shell source

[Kit Nuzum]

robert, thanks for the info. do i realy have to carry shells? i have one on
my greeting cards. i de part saint jean  fr. sept. 10. anything i should know.
 truly kit............


> Ocassionly the question of finding scallop shells comes up. Today I
> found that they were available in my area (Southern California) from
> Santa Monica Seafood, which has several retail outlets in Orange and Los
> Angeles Counties. They are referred to as "baking shells" and sell here
> for $3.79 for a package of four. The package is labelled "Morty the
> knife man." I looked this up on the Net and did not get a website for
> the company, but did get the following address:
>
>                            Morty the Knife Man, Inc.
>                            4 Manorhaven Blvd
>                            Port Washington, NY 11050 USA
>                            Phone: (800) 247-2511
>                            Fax: (516) 767-7058
>                            Comments: Shellfish Knives, fish knives,
> sharpening equipment, fish handling equipment, seafood tools, seafood
> merchandising systems,
>                            boots, gloves, aprons and more.
>
> I had called several restaurant supply houses in my area and kept
> drawing blanks until one of them suggested S. Monica Seafood. There is a
> tourist shell shop not too far away, where I first bought a scallop
> shell in 2000, but that shell is rather small and fragile. The shell
> store carries a variety of larger pectin shells, but these have an
> unsymmetrical hinge, which I find less pleasing to the eye.
>
> regards,
>
> Robert
>
>

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