The Colonel's Catch of the Day Ceviche

1 cup fresh lime juice
1 cup fresh lemon juice
1 Tablespoon hot pepper flakes (or to taste, I like it spicy)
or hot red chili peppers, finely chopped or 1 fresh jalapeno pepper chopped
2 Red onions, thinly sliced and separated into rings
1 garlic clove chopped very fine
Salt & Pepper to taste
1 pound of any firm white fish cut into 1 inch pieces
1 pound scallops
1/2 cup cilantro, coarsely chopped

Combine all the ingredients in a glass or ceramic dish or bowl. Metal may affect the flavor of the dish. If the marinade does not cover the fish, add more lime or lemon juice. Cover and refrigerate the dish for 3 hours, or until the fish is white and opaque, indicating that it has been "cooked" by the acidity of the marinade. Add tomatoes and serve in "shrimp cocktail type glasses." You can add some peeled and deveined shrimp which has been cut into bite size pieces, if you like. However the shrimp must be boiled separately. Try this once and you and your friends will be hooked. Enjoy!!

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