Toxic Tomalley
Online magazine Slate offers a humorous analysis of a Canadian advisory on lobster tomalley—the green goo in the big crustaceans. The Canadian government urges you not to eat two lobsters’ worth of tomalley in one sitting, since the organ collects toxins released by red tides.
In other words, if you’re one of those eaters who loves the briny slime under the shell, don’t eat three lobsters in one sitting. The meat’s fine, so you can eat as much of that as you like.
But you know, maybe you should just limit yourself to one or two lobsters anyway.
Thanks to eGullet’s Gifted Gourmet for starting a discussion on the topic.
