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JustMe-male t1_j9dvaou wrote

Playing fast and lose with the term ‘edible’, no?

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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)

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Unleashtheducks t1_j9ghzcd wrote

Miriam-Webster definition of

Edibile: 1. something that is suitable or safe to eat : something edible

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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.

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tooktookguy t1_j9iuww7 wrote

Many dishes use whole scallops in asian countries. Its pretty good.

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Actiaeon t1_j9fwzy5 wrote

You can eat it, puts it in mouth.

However, it might be toxic, spits it out.

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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?

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Monorail_Song t1_j9dhjsl wrote

Adductor.

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KeyboardRoller t1_j9et9e3 wrote

Hardly know her!

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Ill-eat-anything t1_j9f3ukf wrote

My wife has gone to the Caribbean...

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ouyin2000 t1_j9dr0hd wrote

Is it really edible if it's toxic?

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TheTinyTinkerer t1_j9dv8sp wrote

Yes. You can eat almost anything smaller than your oesophagus and/or softer than your teeth.

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mashtato t1_j9ehsqd wrote

Even I'm edible, but that, dear children, is cannibalism, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies. Yeah.

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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.

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miemcc t1_j9f3uk2 wrote

Everything is edible, sometimes only once!

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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.

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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)

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aarkwilde t1_j9djky0 wrote

They have pretty blue eyes.

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underthingy t1_j9e7vv2 wrote

TIL only people in America are humans and everyone else is something else.

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Phraenkinstone t1_j9diljk wrote

We can't even use it as bait? We suuuuuuck.

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aurthurallan t1_j9dmfz5 wrote

Presumably it gets eaten by other sea creatures.

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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.

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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.

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GoGaslightYerself t1_j9ewaeb wrote

Tuna LOVE scallop guts and we fish alongside scallop boats here...using scallop guts as bait...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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!)

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e_di_pensier t1_j9fk4r2 wrote

I’ve never had a raw clam, but absolutely love oysters. What are they like comparatively?

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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.

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dartchucka t1_j9hemp8 wrote

Have you seen the rest of a scallop?

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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.

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Fit-Owl-3338 t1_j9dobu3 wrote

What does scallop sperm taste like?

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RikersTrombone t1_j9f0aku wrote

Seems like a waste. Maybe we could feed the rest to the poor.

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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.

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