just learned that in chinese buddhism oysters were traditionally considered vegetarian bc of a myth about someone (a god/dess or a monk, depending on the story) eating them to survive a famine, and in return for saving them oysters were granted enlightenment and their physical forms are irrelevant
This is interesting because they also don't count as meat or fish for the purposes of fasting during Lent, at least in the Eastern Orthodox churches. Reasoning is different though - because they don't have blood. All mollusks fall into the category.
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hotdogs also dont have blood
