A kinder, gentler stance on seafood

Cox News Service ^ | May 21,2006 | Elizabeth Lee

[billorites]

[ThirteenFoxtrot]

"Soft shell crabs are shipped and stored on ice or metal trays, often covered with seaweed and damp newspaper to keep them moist.

They are forced to live up to a week out of water. Some die during shipping.

The time in transit and discomfort of the trays concern Whole Foods, Galway says."


The discomfort of the trays. Give me a break

[Ol' Sox]

I'll be sure to tell my brother, the Maine lobsterman, to be kinder and gentler to the bugs. You all can pay him a $.50 per pound premium for the privilege of chowing down on bugs that have been treated with respect and dignity.

Matinicus Island Lobsters
Handled with loving kindness by fishermen who care

{snicker}

[50sDad]

PETA's Bizzaro World:

Animals Eating Animals: The beautiful, incredible "Circle of Life." It's Nature, and Nature is holy and beautiful, and at least IT exists, which God certainly doesn't, unless we can use the mention of Christ to force you into adopting PETA's dogma by portraying Christ as a Vegetarian, even if the only available documentation explicitly says he wasn't, which we won't admit.

People Eating Animals: An unholy (although we don't recognize formally any "holy") plot by white, rich, evil Republicans to corrupt Nature by eating meat, which is "sinful" (see above) because animals are loving, breathing, doe-eyed creatures capable of love, honor, and probably smarter than we are, even the fish, and besides, every square acre of farmland that produces meat could be used to produce a zillion times more whole wheat to make our tasteless, soggy meat substitutes, which we would force you to eat if only the laws were fair and allowed us to, because you are too stupid to be making your own choices without really smart people like Al Gore and PETA telling you what to do. And stuff.

[ThirteenFoxtrot]

I had Norwegian king crab legs for dinner Monday night. Not once did I think about the trauma they went through when their legs were ripped from their bodies. I was to busy dipping them in warm butter

[billorites]

First, they came for the soft shell crabs and I did not speak up;
---- because I was not a soft shell crab.
Then they came for the Cherrystone clams and I did not speak up;
----- for I was not a Cherrystone clam.

[50sDad]

"At the same time, it's important to recognize that animals who are raised on factory farms, like most egg-laying hens or veal calves or ducks used for foie gras, suffer from a lifetime of torment."

Hey, Paul...They're animals. Shut up and hand me the catsup.

I don't eat veal or foie gras, not really because of the ethical issue, but because they are stupid foods for rich people who can afford to throw away money on stupid foods.

All the teeth at the front of your mouth are designed (by God or by Nature, your choice in this issue) for ripping flesh. That seems to take care of it for me. Animal flesh gave my distant ancesters the body mass that they needed to kick the ass of every damn predator on the food chain, and I am not going to betray that brave heritage by going off and chewing grass.

My people won. Fire up the BBQ, because buddy, if a cow could eat you and it had the brains, claws or thumbs that made it win the battle, you'd be in the broiler at 350 degrees. Snap out of it!

Hummm...sounds like steak would be nice for lunch!

[roaddog727]

PETA - Repubican style:

People
Eating
Tasty
Animals.

Mmmmmmmmm Soft Shell Crab.........
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Deep fried Soft Shell Crab Sandwich...........

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[ThirteenFoxtrot]

Demand goes down = More crabs for us!

[frogjerk]

Now I'm getting hungry. I could go for a bucket of "steamers" and pitcher of beer right about now...

[Redcloak]

Every time I see a story like this, I'm reminded of Eddie Murphy and "Larry the Lobster". Larry sure looked tasty after some bunnyhugger complained about the original skit.

[Ol' Sox]

Warm butter is like a healing, soothing bath for those poor traumatized crab legs.

So is crab boil. Oh yeah, and so is Old Bay.

[Hydroshock]

This article has made me to jones for some lobster.

[roaddog727]

Lobstah Roll with lots uh buttah.....

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Lobster bisque.......

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Chilled whole loberster with tarragon-garlic sauce...............

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[ThirteenFoxtrot]

Beer batter dipped, pan-fried soft shells served on a toasted Kaiser roll. MMMmmmm good

[Hydroshock]

Thro 3 live ones in a pot of boiling water. Wait 15 minutes, get the garlic butter.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

compassion for crustaceans?

Just when you have thought that you have heard it all!

[roaddog727]

Yeah,

And not those dinky 1&1/4 pounders. I'm thinking 4-5 pounders. Nice and big, but not getting too tough.

The last time I had a 5 pounder (actually cooked up two 5 pounders) was for our 5th wedding aniversary, back when they were kinda cheap - 3.99/pound.

[Alouette]

I keep kosher, and so I do not eat lobster, crabs, clams or squid, but right now I feel like going out and boiling a live lobster.

But that would be wasteful, unless some brave person will volunteer to eat it.