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i love meat an all but this has always seemed a little barbaric to me...
2007-02-13 21:17:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
They die within a few seconds (less than 10).
I don't know if putting them in the freezer eliminates any pain but it does make them very inactive and easier to handle. It's a great tip ... just don't keep them there for more than 20-30 minutes. else they will freeze solid and you'll have difficulty cooking them.
If you think about it -- boiling lobsters ... or steaming them (a better method) isn't any worse than hacking the heads off of live chickens with an axe or driving nails into the skulls of cows / pigs / sheep / etc... or letting fish die by depriving them of oxygen by taking them out of the sea.
That is except for the fact that you yourself have the honor of dispatching the lobster, and the others are done far away from you.
2007-02-13 22:55:31 · answer #1 · answered by David E 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
if I'll be a lobster in my next life, I'll let you know..
aside kidding, it sounds barbaric, but it seems that crustacean have a much more primitive nervous system. There is no telling how pain is registered then, but slow suffocation is not better... I am sure it isn't a walk in the park, but I feel worse about the cows pieced for meat in the butchering before even final death, or the chicks living in coops for fattening.
Did you know that oysters are even eaten alive? It is said that they must quiver when you squeeze the lemon... that is where I put a limit. I like my food already DEAD.
2007-02-13 21:23:24 · answer #2 · answered by OneLilithHidesAnother 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The best way to cook a lobster is to boil it alive. If you are concerned about creulty then put the lobster in the freezer for a couple of hours before hand. This sends them into a comatose state so that they are unconcious when you cook them.
EDIT - Eeeek, minutes, not hours! Thank you David E for pointing that out.
2007-02-13 22:18:32 · answer #3 · answered by penny century 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes they can feel it they do scream from pain and no you CAN NOT COOK LOBSTER WHEN IT ALREADY DEAD when lobster dies it releases a chemical in its body and you can no longer eat it . if do you ca get really really sick. thats why they are cooked alive not trying to be crule just it the only way if you want to eat them i love animals i just don't think about it .
2007-02-13 21:36:24 · answer #4 · answered by drakken 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People think it is but it isn't
Lobsters have a brain the size of one pea.
Lobsters are typically stunned by refrigeration-the hot water kills them instantly
doubt me?-go to food channel and check out Good eats
2007-02-14 07:00:22 · answer #5 · answered by Allen L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i am sure they would feel it... want to know a losery secret??? i purchased a lobster from the grocery store and he now lives in my large fishtank... i rescued him... i've had him for several months now... there was another fish in there with him... but i think he ate it...
2007-02-14 06:20:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is extremely cruel. I mean, would YOU like to be boiled alive? I know I wouldn't.
2007-02-14 06:37:33 · answer #7 · answered by Sumara 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's cruel to boil them avlie coz they feel the pain. better wait for someone else ot kill them or they die a natural death due to being out of the water
2007-02-13 21:23:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
umm... you can probably tell they can feel it by the screaming and trying to crawl themselves out alive...
2007-02-13 21:22:32 · answer #9 · answered by Frankie 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
ditto.
2007-02-13 21:20:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋