My farm raised great white oysters have blue tinted meat?
Are these safe? Bought today. Thanks!
by Reinvented-Daily
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Texas_Sam2002
Which farm? I have seen different tints to oysters, within ranges. These wouldn’t put me off.
Artistic_Pepper5590
Sleeping with the blue crabs!
The_OtherGuy_99
I would eat them.
vicvonqueso
They look like oysters to me. I’ll eat them if you don’t want them
shamanbaptist
This is how you end up in a cult.
halfshack
Has this before. I think it happens when they’re seeding. Eat away!
MagicMushiexBoii
I think I saw these on shift today, if you give me a moment I can double check the farm. Idk what region you’re in but I’m west coast. That might not matter since all of our stuff usually comes from the same farms across the nation
OkVegetable7649
The gills?
KingALBrooks
Hey there this is pretty normal for east coast oysters. I see thousands of oysters a week and this reminds me of dukes of topsail from the carolina’s. Or even blue pools from washington. I’m not sure what does it but cold water oysters will sometimes get some blue around the gills
ScallionSea2714
If we have a lot of rain the algae blooms and our (NC) oysters get green gill. Doesn’t affect taste, it’s just the color of the water they’re filtering.
_keyboard-bastard_
They’re fine. looks like Bay Blues.
NCdiver-n-fisherman
We have green gill oysters here in NC. Its due to Haslea ostrearia a naturally occurring micro algae prevalent during the colder months of the year in our state’s estuaries.
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Which farm? I have seen different tints to oysters, within ranges. These wouldn’t put me off.
Sleeping with the blue crabs!
I would eat them.
They look like oysters to me. I’ll eat them if you don’t want them
This is how you end up in a cult.
Has this before. I think it happens when they’re seeding. Eat away!
I think I saw these on shift today, if you give me a moment I can double check the farm. Idk what region you’re in but I’m west coast. That might not matter since all of our stuff usually comes from the same farms across the nation
The gills?
Hey there this is pretty normal for east coast oysters. I see thousands of oysters a week and this reminds me of dukes of topsail from the carolina’s. Or even blue pools from washington. I’m not sure what does it but cold water oysters will sometimes get some blue around the gills
If we have a lot of rain the algae blooms and our (NC) oysters get green gill. Doesn’t affect taste, it’s just the color of the water they’re filtering.
They’re fine. looks like Bay Blues.
We have green gill oysters here in NC. Its due to Haslea ostrearia a naturally occurring micro algae prevalent during the colder months of the year in our state’s estuaries.
[NC Green Gill Oysters](https://ncoystertrail.org/what-makes-green-gill-oysters-unique/)
Walter White Oysters
For sure I can eat minumum 20 of this
Those are the gills. You just ripped the flesh of the oyster OP. Nothing out of order.
Its got electrolytes
Eat
I’ve seen this a lot in the last few months in RI oysters. It’s from the algae in the water totally safe to eat.
Totally normal, let’s eat!!
They are fine
Don’t eat oysters in months without an R in them