Plump, juicy scallops are one of the most popular seafoods in the United States, with millions sold annually at prices that can top $15 a pound.
But consumers routinely pay for excess water when they buy the shellfish, according to a Boston Globe investigation of moisture content in scallops collected from 21 Massachusetts supermarkets.
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The video by the globe editor revealed tastes that varied from "a faint sea taste" to "no taste at all". It hard to image any flavor from something with 77 to 85% water content.
The Globe could be coverering relevant stories like the fact that State Street Corp has off-shored more than 3200 US jobs in the pas tthree years after receiving a $2 Billion US TARP Bailoout, aand an ill conceived $11.5 Million tax break from the city of Boston. There are more than 750 Massachusetts residents whose jobs in the Fund Administration Division are now in "play" thanks to the Current CEO Jay Hooley and his buddy Allen Greene. These jobs are located above the Copley square mall in the six floors above, and in the John Hancock Tower.
These jobs are being shipped off in increments of 20-30 jobs a month, and are Financial Reporting. SEC and IRS Compliance jobs, Custody jobs, Fund Accounting jobs, all perfect for recent college grads or anyone else for that matter. These people will in all likelyhood loose their jobs becasause the Globe continues to report irrevelant "easy to cover" cocktail party discussed stories, and not real, gritty, hard to report relevant stories that impact all of our lives and the future of Massachusetts children. This is why the New York Times is desparately try to rid itself of the Boston Globe, and this is why the Globe will probably not survive as a newspaper.
http://www.wgbh.org/programs/Greater-Boston-11/episodes/July-19-2012State-Street-outsourcing-40276
Boston Globe's lack of actual investigative reporting is what made me stop reading it years ago. Only excess of sports, death and mayhem seem to grace most of the pages. I'm trying a trial just now and although fraud thrust upon consumers should be investigated and reported, you are right that the real investigative reporting should include more of the hard stuff to dig for, the stuff our locals are doing offshore, away from prying eyes.
None of this should be tolerated - water added to ham, chicken and now fish. Also, consumers should remember that when they buy lobster, you're paying for a lot of water there, too. Btw, scallops are now running $18 at Shaw's and about $25 at Whole Foods. What a sham.