If we didn't cook lobsters while they were still alive how would we kill them without smashing them? we couldn't poison them, we would poison ourselves when we ate them? Hmmm..
2006-07-12 18:04:49 · 11 answers · asked by alanis20_2000 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
it seems so mean, death by boil..
2006-07-12 18:05:58 · update #1
Maybe you could suffocate them? I don't know how but it's just a thought. Or maybe you could place the lobsters in cold water that is slowly brought to a boil causes the lobsters to lose consciousness before the water becomes uncomfortably hot. Or maybe you could place the lobsters in a saltwater solution before boiling them.
2006-07-12 18:08:57 · answer #1 · answered by tf77 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
What To Do If Your Lobster Gram Lobster Did Not Arrive Alive
It can be difficult to tell sometimes if a lobster is actually DOA (Dead On Arrival), or just sluggish after the long trip from Boston. One good test is to touch the lobster’s eye and watch for movement (gross, but true). If there are no signs of life, don’t give up yet! You may have heard otherwise, but we know that a lobster does not have to be alive at the moment you are cooking it in order to still be good. It is more a matter of the temperature at which the lobster has been kept, and the length of time that has passed, that determines whether it is still good. So how are you to know what to do?
COOK IT! Remove the rubber bands from the claws of the dead (or suspected dead) lobster to keep track of it, if any others are alive. It is completely safe to cook all the lobsters together. Fully cook the lobster according to the instructions provided in your cooking manual or on this website. When done, check the consistency of the tail meat. If the meat appears firm and fleshy then it is fine to go ahead and enjoy! If the meat has more of a cottage cheese texture - very watery, loose and mushy, then it obviously should be discarded. If you have any questions, call us during business hours (shown at bottom of the screen) at 1-800-LIVE-LOB.
2006-07-13 01:09:55 · answer #2 · answered by bettyboop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also get squimish when I watch the cooking channel and they causally put a live lobster in boiling water. I have also seen them acutally (instead of straight boiling them,) just start ripping their body apart! No joke! Then start to cook them. I hope that answers your question. But the real question is what if they started to scream as you put them in the pot? How would that change cooking?--- I don't eat seafood.
2006-07-13 01:12:17 · answer #3 · answered by Nuray 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if u kill a lobster before u cook it, the lobster will poision u, i know this because i worked at red lobster for 2yrs, matter of fact it is against the law to sell people lobsters that are alive.
2006-07-13 01:10:28 · answer #4 · answered by pimpkeem 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i heard this on aradio station one time they said the new humane way to kill a lobster is to put it in a little cage/chamber kill it as fast as you can because at least they wouldn't burn to death
2006-07-13 01:10:57 · answer #5 · answered by R F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats true. I actually prefer imitation lobster meat myself.
2006-07-13 01:08:13 · answer #6 · answered by Mikey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if it will make yu feel better. Think that you spent good money to boil a member of the cockroach family
2006-07-13 01:08:37 · answer #7 · answered by ML 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could freeze them. Some chefs plunge a large knife somewhere in the head where it is said that it kills them instantly.
2006-07-13 01:10:31 · answer #8 · answered by tjrj23 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could suffocate them. Or freeze them.
2006-07-13 01:08:18 · answer #9 · answered by im.in.college.so.i.know.stuff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bite me!! oh i mean them! squeeze them and try to pull it of from the shell~!!!!!! :P
2006-07-13 01:11:09 · answer #10 · answered by thugz2nz14 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋