Whole Foods Market bans sale of live lobsters

AP via Boston.com ^ | 15 June 2006 | Liz Austin

[GOPJ]

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[veronica]

I know. It's terrible. :)

[freedom moose]

If someone's worried about putting them in a pot of boiling water take a little piece of paper towel, soak it in vodka (or whatever) and put it over it's face. It "falls out" in about 3 seconds.

Someone was telling me the other day (while eating lobster) that this is actually a better way to prepare lobster. His point was that the stress that the lobster feels entering the boiling water causes it to tense up and reduces the tenderness of the meat and according to him the (visual) quantity when you open the shell. I don't know if that's true or not, i haven't tried it this way yet.

[freedom moose]

the creatures are treated with respect
I think the best way to show respect for any animal I eat is to prepare him in a delicious way and eat all edible parts leaving no waste.

[elc]

And if you want to prevent that from happening, pop the lobsters in the freezer first. Don't know for how long though. Just a trick my dad told me about.

[Beckwith]

What about rubbing its belly while standing the critter on its head. I am told it puts them out?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I think the best way to show respect for any animal I eat is to prepare him in a delicious way and eat all edible parts leaving no waste.

Oh, absolutely.

[aruanan]

LOL. So, what's next? We cannot sell tomato products, as they have been mercilessly ripped from the vine.

No, you won't be able to use bug spray on cockroaches and other insects since they are arthropods also.

[aruanan]

But I suppose that the Whole Food idiots would think that anesthetizing the crabs or lobsters with cold water and ice before cooking them alive was a form of cruelty as well...

No, they're offended that humans would eat another animal. Other animals eating other animals is just part of nature's beautiful plan. But they consider humans to be unnatural, so anything we do that nature does is, therefore, morally wrong. Talk about an irrelevant conclusion.