Today was such a beautiful day, so naturally, at dinner, I had to ruin it by thinking of all the lobsters that were killed and eaten today. Don't get me wrong, I sure do love a good steak, but lobsters-NO! I really can't be around people that eat lobster.
Yes, I get misty eyed everytime I see the lobsters in a little tank, waiting to die. I remember an episode, I think it was Frasier, about someone getting a lobster and throwing it back to sea. That was a funny one because he did more harm then good-but hey, at least he tried.
But seriously, I might be a hypocrite for eating other meats-so be it. Let me try to justify my rant here; cows and chickens are basically killed with a captive bolt pistol, or cow gun, to the head and quickly and die, but lobsters "need" to be boiled alive. I don't get this, yes, it might be "fresher," but geez, really??
TRIVIA: In some places in Italy it's illegal to boil lobsters alive.
I found an interesting website on lobsters using an argument of analogy. The big debate is about lobsters feeling pain and while they're supposedly frozen and put in a "trance like coma" and they don't (supposedly) feel a thing when they're boiled..to death..in the scorching hot water..alone... like the jacuzzi of death.
TRIVIA: In 2007, a study at Queen's University, Belfast, suggested that crustaceans do feel pain. Acetic acid was placed on the antennae of 144 prawns; the animals responded by rubbing the affected areas.
I don't know, but that definitely doesn't sound appetizing to me! Now, on the other hand, if I hear otherwise about the other meats I enjoy, I might have to change my mind and become a vegetarian. That's hopefully a long time away and I choose to be ignorant right now and enjoy my meats.
Be kind and pass on the lobster!
Yes, I get misty eyed everytime I see the lobsters in a little tank, waiting to die. I remember an episode, I think it was Frasier, about someone getting a lobster and throwing it back to sea. That was a funny one because he did more harm then good-but hey, at least he tried.
But seriously, I might be a hypocrite for eating other meats-so be it. Let me try to justify my rant here; cows and chickens are basically killed with a captive bolt pistol, or cow gun, to the head and quickly and die, but lobsters "need" to be boiled alive. I don't get this, yes, it might be "fresher," but geez, really??
TRIVIA: In some places in Italy it's illegal to boil lobsters alive.
I found an interesting website on lobsters using an argument of analogy. The big debate is about lobsters feeling pain and while they're supposedly frozen and put in a "trance like coma" and they don't (supposedly) feel a thing when they're boiled..to death..in the scorching hot water..alone... like the jacuzzi of death.
TRIVIA: In 2007, a study at Queen's University, Belfast, suggested that crustaceans do feel pain. Acetic acid was placed on the antennae of 144 prawns; the animals responded by rubbing the affected areas.
I don't know, but that definitely doesn't sound appetizing to me! Now, on the other hand, if I hear otherwise about the other meats I enjoy, I might have to change my mind and become a vegetarian. That's hopefully a long time away and I choose to be ignorant right now and enjoy my meats.
Be kind and pass on the lobster!
