What is the green stuff inside an oyster?

Answer 1

The green stuff in a lobster is called tomalley (many people also call it "shmutz.") The tomalley is the liver and pancreas of a lobster and, when cooked it is a green color.

Tomalley is the liver and pancreas of the lobster. It looks like a green paste inside the abdominal cavity of a cooked lobster. It is considered a delicacy and many people consider it the best part of a lobster. It can be eaten scooped from the cooked lobster or can be used to flavor sauces.

Note: this is often misspelled "tamale" as in the Mexican dish, since this is how tomalley is pronounced. Or it is also sometimes spelled "tomale". "

There may be a black substance also in the lobster's abdominal cavity. The black substance in a cooked lobster is called the coral and is found only in the female lobster because it is the eggs (or roe) of the lobster. Those who like tomalley are usually big fans of also eating the coral.

You may also see an orange or red stripe running down the middle of the back of the tail. This is the digestive tract. It is the color of what the lobster has eaten and it will be larger or smaller depending on when the lobster last ate. Before eating the tail, peel off the digestive tract. It will not be harmful to eat after the lobster is cooked, but may be gritty and not very tasty.

Answer 2

In a cooked lobster, the green paste in the abdominal cavity is called the tomalley and is the liver and pancreas. Many people find it the best part of a lobster, others do not like the taste and texture.

There is also a black substance in some lobsters, only the females, and it is the roe (eggs) called the coral, it is edible, too, however not everyone likes it.

The orange red stuff is likely the digestive tract. It is the color of what the lobster eats. You peel it off before eating. It won't be harmful once cooked, but most people find it gritty and not tasty for eating. It is a stripe that goes down the center of the back of the tail.

Answer 3

It's difficult to say definitively from your description why your particular oysters seemed different from those you've had in the past, but I think I can perhaps put your mind at ease a bit. If by "poop" you mean fecal material, I'm virtually certain that's not the case - oysters, and bivalve molluscs in general, have a very simple digestive system and there's simply no way anatomically for oysters to accumulate fecal material in their bodies.

Generally, what makes oysters seem fatter and richer at some times is gonadal tissue - simply put, the majority of the oyster's body is gonad (the "bellies" that people refer to on fried clams are also), and a nice fat oyster is getting ready to spawn. I'd probably say that's what's going on with yours except that spawning in the mid-Atlantic is a springtime activity triggered by rising water temperature, and that's clearly not what's happening this time of year.

Answer 4

The green stuff is called purple moss but it is really green. They really call it a coo coo clock.

Answer 5

What living organism eats the hard clam?

Answer 6

Clam poop!