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necialspeeds t1_j9dig6m wrote
I eat that shit
Phraenkinstone t1_j9diljk wrote
We can't even use it as bait? We suuuuuuck.
aarkwilde t1_j9djky0 wrote
They have pretty blue eyes.
Dapper__Hippo t1_j9dkdni wrote
Blue eyes that are soft and moist like huevos rancheros
aurthurallan t1_j9dmfz5 wrote
Presumably it gets eaten by other sea creatures.
Phraenkinstone t1_j9dncdi wrote
I mean, yeah. But we can't use it for anything? Seems like a dick move to kill it, eat half of it and chuck the other half back.
Scallops are fucking delicious though.
Fit-Owl-3338 t1_j9dobu3 wrote
What does scallop sperm taste like?
swollennode t1_j9dp1tz wrote
I mean, they're not chucking it into the trash. They chuck it into the water to be used as feed for things in the water.
Phraenkinstone t1_j9dp4yo wrote
I guess.
ouyin2000 t1_j9dr0hd wrote
Is it really edible if it's toxic?
TheTinyTinkerer t1_j9dv8sp wrote
Yes. You can eat almost anything smaller than your oesophagus and/or softer than your teeth.
JustMe-male t1_j9dvaou wrote
Playing fast and lose with the term ‘edible’, no?
pooping_turtles t1_j9dw00s wrote
If you are dehydrated enough, people will choke on things otherwise of edible size, so technically it would be more correct if you started your statement with the caveat "If adequately hydrated you can eat almost dot dot dot.
Drone30389 t1_j9dx0b3 wrote
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LugubriousButtNoises t1_j9e0wzo wrote
What you are capable of eating and what is ‘edible’ are two different things.
FunAd6875 t1_j9e70rb wrote
Clearly you've never been to Asia. Only part of the scallop that doesn't get eaten is the shit sack.
underthingy t1_j9e7vv2 wrote
TIL only people in America are humans and everyone else is something else.
hellopomelo t1_j9e8hig wrote
I say adductor! She says abductor!
MScDre t1_j9eg1js wrote
Is that why in the UK they throw away the tastiest part? Makes sense that this is not needed in NZ where I grew up as the waters tend not to be completely poisoned.
mashtato t1_j9ehsqd wrote
Even I'm edible, but that, dear children, is cannibalism, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies. Yeah.
Landlubber77 t1_j9en63o wrote
Ever since I read on here that scallops have like a thousand eyes I'm still too weirded out to eat them.
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AnastasiaSheppard t1_j9es64r wrote
>only the abductor muscle is eaten by humans.
only the abductor muscle is eaten by Americans. Here in Australia it's delicious and nutritious. Best part, honestly.
AnastasiaSheppard t1_j9es8mo wrote
The roe is even more delicious.
KeyboardRoller t1_j9et9e3 wrote
Hardly know her!
Johoku t1_j9eu4l5 wrote
Seriously
EmbraceableYew t1_j9eufcj wrote
The practice of eating only the abductor muscle is one of the reasons why scallops are comparatively safe to eat. Sometimes demoic acid, paralytic shellfish poisoning, or other nasty afflictions can be a risk when you eat the whole shellfish, say clams or mussels.
givemeapuppers t1_j9eultm wrote
Good morning starshine, the earth, says hello!
Torugu t1_j9ev0di wrote
Title is misleading. The article is explicitly talking about American scallops - which is a different species from the ones usually eaten in Europe and Asia.
GoGaslightYerself t1_j9ewaeb wrote
Tuna LOVE scallop guts and we fish alongside scallop boats here...using scallop guts as bait...
sgrams04 t1_j9ez5v4 wrote
You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?
RikersTrombone t1_j9f0aku wrote
Seems like a waste. Maybe we could feed the rest to the poor.
sporeegg t1_j9f31k7 wrote
miemcc t1_j9f3uk2 wrote
Everything is edible, sometimes only once!
Ill-eat-anything t1_j9f3ukf wrote
My wife has gone to the Caribbean...
LordMagnus227 t1_j9f552f wrote
Yeah setting aside the logistics of transporting something with a very short shelf life unless frozen to people who can't pay for it, you'd essentially be poisoning them. Theres a reason people don't eat those parts as the water is polluted and scallops are filter feeders so they'd absorb some of the pollutants.
justk4y t1_j9f7zth wrote
Like Cthulhu?
eviltwintomboy t1_j9f88hc wrote
I love scallops, but with the oceans becoming more and more polluted, I’ve slowly stopped eating them (and raw clams and oysters, my favorites!)
hairlessdwarf t1_j9fj2p0 wrote
e_di_pensier t1_j9fk4r2 wrote
I’ve never had a raw clam, but absolutely love oysters. What are they like comparatively?
Hippopotamidaes t1_j9fkbdy wrote
No. Edibility pertains to “fitness or suitability to be eaten.”
Poisonous foods aren’t “edible” because we’re not fit/suited to eat them.
cortlong t1_j9fo5pd wrote
/r/technicallythetruth
Ill-eat-anything t1_j9fp6jj wrote
No. My dog's got no nose.
nrchicago t1_j9fw1zu wrote
Actiaeon t1_j9fwzy5 wrote
You can eat it, puts it in mouth.
However, it might be toxic, spits it out.
MrStayPuftSeesYou t1_j9g8za5 wrote
testhec10ck OP t1_j9gc89h wrote
If it’s not exposed to toxins, than it’s safe to eat, but scallops travel, so there’s no way to tell if they were in contaminated waters. Farm raised scallops don’t have the same issue, since we know what water they were in, and theoretically you could eat the whole scallop (less the shell)
testhec10ck OP t1_j9gccal wrote
If the scallop has not exposed to toxins, than it’s safe to eat the rest of the meat, but scallops travel, so there’s no way to tell if they were in contaminated waters. Farm raised scallops don’t have the same issue, since we know what water they were in, and theoretically you could eat the whole scallop (less the shell)
JustMe-male t1_j9gd4ci wrote
I’d rather choose a dish that I don’t have to spit out on my plate sometimes. Also, do you detect the toxins in your mouth or hours later when you’re balled up on the bathroom floor?
tangotango112 t1_j9gehao wrote
They have hundreds of pretty blue eyes and edible.
tangotango112 t1_j9ges1j wrote
I eat them raw freshly shucked from the sea when I work commercial fishing, so freaking good.
Deep sea scallops are expensive af and I'm lucky.
Unleashtheducks t1_j9ghzcd wrote
Miriam-Webster definition of
Edibile: 1. something that is suitable or safe to eat : something edible
testhec10ck OP t1_j9givct wrote
Yes, let’s assume 98% are edible (no toxins). For about 2%, there may be a build up of toxins. But since there’s no cost effective way to track or trace, so we toss everything, including the edible ones.
dartchucka t1_j9hemp8 wrote
Have you seen the rest of a scallop?
GoblinLoblaw t1_j9hp6n2 wrote
Maybe just the humans in your county don’t eat it. This may sound crazy but If you grow Scallops away from toxins, you can eat the whole thing. That does require you not polluting near where you grow your food though.
tooktookguy t1_j9iuww7 wrote
Many dishes use whole scallops in asian countries. Its pretty good.
Monorail_Song t1_j9dhjsl wrote
Adductor.