Impossible : Mission :: Satisfied : Cravings

While I don't care much for Starbucks' actual coffee drinks... I did develop an affinity for the occasional chai latte while in high school. Winter hits, and I crave it. This one was noteworthy not because of what was inside the cup, but because of the name (is that even a name?) my barista heard and wrote on the outside of my cup. 

After satisfying my chai craving, I decided to satisfy another desire - this one had been going on for months. SCALLOPS. 

I decided to try making them myself for the first time. I found this recipe which sounded simple and delicious. Turns out it was both of those things. I got real fancy with it and added shrimp. My apologies for the lack of focus in this photo. You know the feeling you get when you're in transit toward home and you have to pee? And sure it's uncomfortable, but you can tolerate it. But then... you get home, you exit the car, the subway station, what have you... and suddenly the urge to pee is 10 times that which it was moments before? And that urge grows increasingly with each step, until you're standing above the toilet, trying feverishly to unzip your jeans before your bladder bursts? Well, attempting to take a pretty photo of my perfectly composed plate of pasta, shrimp, and scallops was like reaching the toilet and realizing your zipper was jammed and you wore your skinny jeans that day; there's no way those puppies are sliding off without that zipper coming undone. Things got frantic. But that all went away as soon as I sank my teeth into the first supple, succulent morsel of scallop.

If you're like me and you love scallops but have always feared cooking them yourself... DO NOT FEAR! It's so very simple. Dry scallops, hot oil, high heat, couple minutes on each side. Badabing. And as long as you're cooking with good quality scallops, it doesn't even matter if they're a bit underdone - you can eat those sweet fleshy orbs raw if you want. Whatever you do, just don't overcook them. Nothing worse than a rubbery scallop.