Do you kill your lobster before putting it in the pot?
I didn't used to, but since I've started steaming lobster it seems too cruel to steam a living animal. So I administer the coup de grace - point of chefs knife through the back of the head.
I was wondering if I should dispatch the crabs we cooked for Christmas Eve, but there didn't seem to be an obvious way to swiftly terminate them. And I was behind schedule.