BBC
Scientists at a Devon university are hoping to become the first in the world to farm a marine pest for food production.
The University of Plymouth said shipworms, renamed “naked clams” to make them more marketable, had been viewed as a pest due to them boring through wood underwater, including shipwrecks and docks.
In a study, they said they had found the saltwater clams converted wood into a “highly nutritious protein” which was high in levels of Vitamin B12 – almost twice that found in blue mussels.
Bosses said a system had been designed to allow worm farms to be set up anywhere in the world, with wood and water being the only ingredients needed. More
No thanks. I think I won’t let elitists tell me what I’m allowed to eat.
Um, People living in the Phillipines eat them? Do they willingly and enthusiastically seek them out to eat? Or are they the poor who can’t afford anything other than shipworms? No, thank you.
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Bearded clams can be tasty. What?!?
Bearded clams are nutrition poor and very hard on the wallet.
I might consider it after they are processed by a snapper or grouper.
You eat them. Bon Appétit!
Conservative Cowgirl
TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023, 16:08 AT 4:08 PM
“Um, People living in . Othe Phillipines eat them? ”
…Phillipines also eat aso (dog) stew and balut, which is a mostly gestated duck embryo cooked in the shell that P.J. O’Rouke once (accurately) described as looking like an advertisement for the Duckberg branch of Right-To-Life that is eaten beak, webbed feet, and all.
I’ve known, worked with, and liked Phillipinos and Phillipinas in my life, but I have no interest in sharing in the traditional cuisine.
But none of it surprises me.
Only Africans eat nastier things.
Sometimes they can be a bit…tart, Wild Bill.
Hugh Betcha
TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023, 16:36 AT 4:36 PM
“Sometimes they can be a bit…tart, Wild Bill.”
And you may experience temporary deafness from the sudden clamping action of the thighs.
If you’re doing it right.
Eeet Zeee Verms!
No thanks, I’d rather eat a balut. The Filipinos did have very good fried rice although I never asked what kind of meat was in it.
What’s wrong with ‘naked clams’?
Oh, not that kind.
Sorry.
The weird thing here is that one can get slang for genitalia from both sexes from these two names. And yes, there are only two genders.
Frankly, I’m not too keen on eating a bowl of whatever they decide to name the thing.
Anyone have a better food name for this species? See images below
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Image%20ship%20worms&form=IQFRML&first=1
They’re kind of pale and shrimp like looking. How about “satin shrimp”? Now that sound more appetizing, doesn’t it?
Did someone say “Shitwormz”??
After Bill Gates ties up all the grazing land, and the Chinese buy up the remaining 40% of the pork production in the US, we will be looking forward to a thanksgiving naked clam feast. If the elites get their way.
And for comparison we can include: caviar and escargot.
bearded clams and steak drapes. yummy. better than ship worms or whatever fresh hell the wef would allow.
Mussels really do have beards. You have to pull them off before eating, although some people may eat the entire thing, beard and all.
I was so disturbed when I saw bearded mussels that I swore I’d never eat one again. It’s really repulsive to see.
And then there’s gooeyducks a type of clam that looks like a giant elongated flaccid penis over in the Puget Sound area.
https://youtu.be/f6dSdZfzC-c?si=P1ltcJf6SDHGXRU7
Gaper Clams are nick named “Horse” clams for a reason.
Don’t worry. They will find a way to process them and call it something like “imitation crab”.
https://youtu.be/NJhH_okovjs?si=YcM4chwS8kFtK_fB
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Next on the menu: Banana Slugs. Low in cholesterol, gluten-free and really low in salt.
Banana slugs are also the mascot of Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., (alma mater of St. Pancake Rachel Corrie) what does that tell you.
They’re talking about fish bait.