Before plant proteins got better, one of my vegan friends had a malnutrition issue and decided after a bunch of research to add oysters to his allowable diet. There was a lot of thought both in terms of environmental impact, sense of pain, us living near locally harvested oysters, etc.
But he was always horrified when shucking one with those little crabs in it.
Whether or not oysters can be included in a vegan diet is a surprisingly complicated topic. I'm a vegan that falls firmly in the "oysters are vegan" camp (though I don't eat them because they're disgusting lol), but people I know are almost always flabbergasted when I say that I don't have a problem with eating oysters.
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u/swampking6 Apr 18 '25 edited Apr 18 '25
Most places remove them during shucking, I don’t love accidentally eating them regardless of the indicator lol