Clams/Mussels/Oysters

[Carcharodon]

Not too long ago I had to dissect a couple of clams and mussels. Now, I love them, and they're incredibly tasty, but upon my dissection I came to what should have been an amazingly obvious realization:

When you eat those things, you're eating it all: heart, gills, metabolic waste, intestines, clam/mussel/oyster poop, etc. Everything.

Now they're so tasty that even this thought couldn't deter me, but does it bother anybody else? Have you ever thought about it?

 

[Kmack]

When you eat those things, you're eating it all: heart, gills, metabolic waste, intestines, clam/mussel/oyster poop, etc. Everything.

This is exactly why I don't eat them

 

[cookiva]

Mussels are so good though....

 

[Logan's Runt]

They're delicious, they don't make me throw up, so I don't have a problem.

 

[Mr. Socko]

I don't eat anything from the sea besides fish.

 

[tzarinna]

Yes, I only recently thought about it. I made pasta and threw mussels in the sauce and while eating I kept looking a little too closely and saw the EYES!
Kept eating it though.
New England Clam Chowder for dinner tonight. t:

 

[Asteroid-Man]

They look like snot but taste-a-likes they're not!

 

[SuBe]

And, most of that kind of sea food are bottome dwellers, so you eat re-pooped poop. But, there are tasty with a Garlic Butter sauce.

 

[DV8]

never eaten any of them . . . the consistency scares me . . . and now that you bring up the poop, innards, etc. point I DEF won't be trying them

 

[tzarinna]

Mmmmmm, Oyster Rockefeller. :heart:

 

[bell110]

Do you chew them, or just swallow them down?

 

[tzarinna]

I've never eaten them raw. Blech.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

I've never eaten them raw. Blech.

Actually the average person eats 4 to 5 raw oysters in their sleep annually.

 

[tzarinna]

Ya don't say. *googles*

 

[Steve Rogers]

I'm from the seacoast of New England. I grew up on all kinds of shellfish. Never once thought they were disgusting. I could see someone from the midwest or something thinking the concept of eating a mollusk a little weird...but it was always second nature to me.

Mmmmmm steamers.... *drools*

 

[Carcharodon]

I'm from the seacoast of New England. I grew up on all kinds of shellfish. Never once thought they were disgusting. I could see someone from the midwest or something thinking the concept of eating a mollusk a little weird...but it was always second nature to me.

Mmmmmm steamers.... *drools*

Not all shellfish are mollusks. But I see your point.

 

[psychocheeseman]

Not all shellfish are mollusks. But I see your point.

which ones aren't? even cephalopods are mollusks... i can't think of any others...

 

[Carcharodon]

which ones aren't? even cephalopods are mollusks... i can't think of any others...

Well, technically, crabs and shrimp are included among the category of, "shellfish." Of the Clams and Mussels, they are indeed mollusks.

 

[The Chairman]

I don't like oysters, but I love clams, especially Baked Clams. I had literally about 10 or so this past Christmas. I'm a huge seafood junkie.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

Eating them all,comes with that fact..but it's best not to think about it.

 

[rizzo51]

mmm i love clams

 

[AndThePickles]

I don't like all three.

 

[knowsbleed]

I lurve all three. Pickles is a poophead.

 

[AndThePickles]

I lurve all three. Pickles is a poophead.

You can have clams, mussels, and oysters. I'll have my lobster, crabs, and fish :heart:

 

[Fran]

I'm not a big seafood fan.

I've never dared to try clams, mussels or oysters