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Originally posted by RickM
Seriously. If there was an easy way to kill the buggers right before cooking I'd do it.
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I think that there is a way to jam a knife into the bundle of nerves that make up the lobsters brain that will kill it immediately. I am not exactly posotive on how it is done, I'll google it and see what comes up.
Rich
EDITED to show you this:
Some cooks are concerned about humanity issues of cooking a live lobster. In fact, research indicates the lobster has no central nervous system or cerebral cortex to register stimuli, thus mostly likely can feel no pain. Killing the lobster just before cooking is the preferred method. There are several ways to accomplish this. Putting the lobster in the freezer an hour before cooking will do the trick. Quicker yet is to plunge the tip of a sharp knife straight down right behind the lobster's eyes.
I thought it was funny that they mention freezing the lobster to death, as a counter option to boiling to death. The article also said that when the lobster is placed in head first it dies almost immediately anyway. They did say though that the lobster tensing its muscles while boiling to death could make the meat a little tougher.
Oh and I am a member of PETA. (People who Eat Tastey Animals).