Losters and Crabs Feel Pain

[mike_s]

Well I'm sold, I'm not going to kill any more lobsters....until lobster season starts up again. :reaper:

that's just because Lobster season is over tomorrow!

 

[bryors]

What is wrong with you people. We need to be kinder to lobster and crab. Why, I am inviting a few dungeness over for a hot tub party tonight.

 

[mikemill]

Don't you know that the pain tenderizes the meat?

 

[ProfessorAronnax]

This is better than the comedy channel!

 

[mikemill]

This is better than the comedy channel!

Which isn't saying much

 

[100days-a-year]

Actually pain and stress releases chemicals into the body which may flavor the meat.I prefer as painless and humane a method as possible.I find trying to stick them in the joint where the spine meets the head kills quickly.Bugs I rip in 2 at the dock after keeping them either in a livewell or on ice.

 

[suprasteve]

Actually pain and stress releases chemicals into the body which may flavor the meat.

Makes sense, same with deer and other land-type game. Can't say I've tasted a difference, maybe I just need to experiment a little more and see where it goes...

 

[pollywogg]

You know, it's interesting you say that they feel pain. I just finished reading a very interesting study. It concluded that, oddly enough, both lobster AND crab are quite delicious when doused with a mixture of lemon juice and melted butter. I believe we should act on these findings, rather than the lobster pain study...