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sheppy123
16 Jun 15 16:47
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This has been a fascination of mine for many years now.

I just can't believe anyone could just shove a lobster in boiling hot water like it's no big deal???

I've watched loads of clips on YT of people doing it, and all they seem to care about is cooking it right so it tastes good.

Some people say they don't feel any pain. How do they know, were they a lobster in their previous life???

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By:
olddesperado
When: 16 Jun 15 17:59
Barbaric imo.

But in fairness if you look into things in more detail very little of our meat or fish production is as humane as they have you believe.
For that reason i have two non meat days a week now.

Hopefully i will increase it further in the future ,
By:
sheppy123
When: 16 Jun 15 18:20
Oh yeah, you could go on for ages about lots of different animals getting brutally slaughtered. I just feel more affected by the thought of getting put in boiling water.
By:
Do wah Diddy
When: 16 Jun 15 18:55
MY FRIEND ALPHONCE WAS A LOBSTER IN HIS PREVIOUS LIFE HE ONLY HAS A WASH IN COLD WATER
By:
paulypaul
When: 16 Jun 15 18:58
What about mussels? But at least the get boiled in white wine sometimes...Do mussels feel pain?
No sure but very tasty. Oysters on the other hand feel like phlem.
Shrimps get boiled alive on the boats.
Why boil a lobster alive when you can drive knife through its head first and do the deed?
So many things to consider with seafood...
By:
mange
When: 16 Jun 15 18:58
In the freezer first...................to put em asleep.....................NAP!
By:
sheppy123
When: 16 Jun 15 19:04
Whatever it takes to stop the poor buggers from suffering!
By:
Burton-Brewers
When: 16 Jun 15 19:18
it is supposed to be the swiftest way, you'll find fish breeders kill an ill fish in the same way
By:
Make my hay
When: 16 Jun 15 19:31
If a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.

You wouldn't be able to tell if this works with a lobster though as they can't jump.
By:
atom burns
When: 16 Jun 15 19:38
leviticus    11;11
By:
Coachbuster
When: 16 Jun 15 20:28
manges answer is correct
By:
Ibrahima Sonko
When: 16 Jun 15 20:33
Not so sure freezing to death is painless, not like you are viewing it happen.
By:
Coachbuster
When: 16 Jun 15 20:37
i think they go into a form of hibernation sonko -but can't be too sure  if it'spainless as you say .

we should all be less cruel i guess - i wear leather shoes ,hypocrytical coont that i am
By:
minardi
When: 16 Jun 15 22:08
well they say for humans better to die through cold than heat ... the brain closes down with hypothermia thats why you musnt fall asleep with hypothermia ... for heat in a dessert its dehydration and organ failure over several days not nice.
By:
breadnbutter
When: 16 Jun 15 22:16
http://www.finecooking.com/item/11058/video-how-to-kill-a-lobster
By:
breadnbutter
When: 16 Jun 15 22:18
if you froze it solid it might  not cook properly
By:
sheppy123
When: 16 Jun 15 22:22
Haha I've changed my mind - give me the boiling waterLaugh
By:
sheppy123
When: 16 Jun 15 22:29
I once saw a video on YT of a guy saying that the proper way of cooking a lobster is by continually dipping its head into the boiling water in which he demonstrated. AAAAAHHHHH!!!
By:
breadnbutter
When: 16 Jun 15 22:33
lol ,a was thinking the same ,that burd delivered "coup de grace " mercilessly ,naff falling out with her  Laugh
By:
Ibrahima Sonko
When: 16 Jun 15 22:34
still think a hole in the head is the best most humane way.
By:
Aunty Post
When: 17 Jun 15 11:12
"If a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.
"

Do you have a recipe please?
By:
Aunty Post
When: 17 Jun 15 11:24
This is hideous and gruesome...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPtpPQDZ98E

Butchering a live Japanese "Spider Crab".

Listen to the tw@ts giggling....Angry
By:
sheppy123
When: 17 Jun 15 13:29
Truly sickening! I watched other bits and pieces including a woman eating a live octopus. She was very brave, BUT what about the poor bloody octopus ffs!
By:
breadnbutter
When: 17 Jun 15 15:43
not so sure its alive AP ,its legs are moving but its  claws aint doing much, seems to be lifeless as soon as shell is broken from body  at the front

eating  crustaceans aint my  thing , reason they are alive on the kitchen  table is all about proving freshness ,although the Asians do have little respect for anything they are about to eat seafood is a bit diff.

in any case is it any diff from boiling shimps /prawns or snails , where do you draw the line with this stuff ?

you cant get any fresher seafood than alive i suppose ,its just perception ,we are living in a sterilized  here in the UK

If your a squeamish metro-sexual dont watch the below ,but this is harvesting a natural resource ,summit that is almost gone from the uk .

we are all  fckn doomed  here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpSWM9vt7-k
By:
Aunty Post
When: 19 Jun 15 10:59
If you'd seen pigs thrown into the scalding tanks when still alive, and heard them squeal, it makes boiling lobsters look like tickling!
By:
sheppy123
When: 19 Jun 15 11:40
I just can't believe how cruel some people are???
By:
Pokermonster
When: 19 Jun 15 11:53
It's truly depressing.  I like to believe that people are essentially kind at heart, but when it comes to animal cruelty we are either ignorant, apathetic to change, or simply in denial of the facts.  I wish I could do more personally to further the cause of vegetarianism / veganism, but most I chat to on the subject seem to have little interest.
By:
sheppy123
When: 19 Jun 15 13:13
This is gonna sound like a real poor excuse, but I feel powerless to do anything about it.

If I stopped eating fish & meat or gave a lot of money to help prevent it, I just feel like it would do virtually nothing.

The KFC's are always busy, what difference would one less customer make???
By:
Pokermonster
When: 19 Jun 15 13:22
It will make a difference, sir.  And you'll gain the peace of mind of at least being true to your own sense of right and wrong.
By:
sheppy123
When: 19 Jun 15 13:28
You're right Pokermonster. If everyone had the same attitude as me, nothing would get done in the world.
By:
akabula
When: 19 Jun 15 20:08
@sheppy
Being a meat eater shouldn't stop you from canvassing for more humane treatment for all animals whether in the food chain or not.
I've long accepted that cows, sheep and etc will always be reared for the food market but hopefully they will be treated well when living and humanely killed.
By:
Just Checking
When: 19 Jun 15 20:22
I sometimes wish that whole karma thing is true, and the people who do bad things to animals come back as animals and have simialrly bad things things done to them :)

I didn't see the original program but I saw a clip on gogglebox of some recent program from Korea I think it was where they steal pet dogs and cart them off and kill them for meat/fur I suppose. Even the little clips were enough. Stealing a pet from someones driveway and dragging it down the road by the neck on a motorbike.

They showed a little clip of a cage on a lorry full to the brim with live dogs on top of each other, made me want to go there and introduce a baseball bat on the driver.

*******s!AngryAngryAngryAngryAngryAngryAngry
By:
sheppy123
When: 19 Jun 15 20:38
Great posts guys...

I haven't got a problem with animals being killed as long as it's done humanely, which as we know isn't always the case.

The likes of YouTube have really opened my eyes as to how badly animals are treated.

I also think along the lines of karma where you get what you deserve.
By:
breadnbutter
When: 19 Jun 15 20:48
this Lobster thread and its growing arms and claws

No one is saying its acceptible to boil a crustacean alive ,although i wonder how many would be man enough to kill it first ?

take the easy out and just fire into the pot ?


Kill your lobster and any other food before you cook it ,imo but we dont need to go all animal rights here ffs ,wishy washy lefty brigade have done enough damage without encouraging them
By:
breadnbutter
When: 19 Jun 15 20:52
Cats are the big problem in UK ,killing all the sweet wee  tweet tweets by the million ,they need culled ,or teeth removed or a leg amputed to slow them down .

Why could the foxhunters not just tie a bell around the hounds neck and be allowed to continue like the bird killers ?
By:
Just Checking
When: 19 Jun 15 20:52
WTF does killing animals have to do with being lefty? The mind boggles.
By:
breadnbutter
When: 19 Jun 15 20:56
lefties percieve hunting as a class issue ,thats why labour banned it ,ffs everyone knows this ,pseudo animal rights activists and animal charities funded the labour party .

c,mon to feck ,do keep up
By:
breadnbutter
When: 19 Jun 15 20:57
anyway this is the lobster fred ....Laugh
By:
Just Checking
When: 19 Jun 15 20:58
They are called Animal RIGHTS for a reason.

I've met two kittens who are active members of the BNP and a budgie who used to be grand wizard of a chapter of the KKK.
By:
sheppy123
When: 19 Jun 15 21:00
Laugh
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