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Category: Health Posted on: July 19, 2008 7:08 PM, by Greg Laden You say tomato, I say tomalley . Tomalley. Mmmmmm... That is the green yeck inside the body of a lobster that seems to be neither muscle or organ. But you can eat it and it tastes good. But don't eat it for now if your lobster is from Maine... The Maine Center for Disease Control said Friday Maine has a center for disease control? Oh, OK... The Maine Center for Disease Control said Friday that lobster meat is perfectly safe but that people should not eat the tomalley ... High levels of toxic algae known as red tide have been recorded along Maine's coast this summer, forcing the state to close many areas to clam and mussel harvesting. Tomalley functions as the lobster's liver by serving as a natural filter for contaminants that are in the water. source In the... [read full story]
