A lobster tale

[samhexum]

$400,000 worth of lobster stolen en route to Costco stores, shipper says

APPLE.NEWS

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The lobsters, which were not alive, were on their way to Costco stores in Illinois and Minnesota, according to Rexing Companies.

twasn't moi... I've never been a big fan of the waterbugs of the ocean.

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2 hours ago, samhexum said:

$400,000 worth of lobster stolen en route to Costco stores, shipper says

APPLE.NEWS

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The lobsters, which were not alive, were on their way to Costco stores in Illinois and Minnesota, according to Rexing Companies.

twasn't moi... I've never been a big fan of the waterbugs of the ocean.

What are you "crabbing" about?  😄

[LaSanta]

Do lobster feel pain when they are put on a pot of hot water?

[samhexum]

5 minutes ago, LaSanta said:

Do lobster feel pain when they are put on a pot of hot water?

On Xmas my b-i-l told me some countries have made it illegal to boil them alive.

[LaSanta]

1 hour ago, samhexum said:

On Xmas my b-i-l told me some countries have made it illegal to boil them alive.

Supposedly they can't feel any pain because their nervous system lacks a brain. 

[Whoisyourdaddy]

They definitely feel pain. 😞

Edited December 29, 2025 by Whoisyourdaddy
Emoji error.

[mike carey]

Seems the answer is, 'It's complicated'!

 

[jeezifonly]

I can't imagine how a food product that has a specific need for frozen transport/storage (and documentation thereof) is a good fit for bootleggers. Reputable commercial food serving ops are unlikely to take the risk with unknown sources and chain of custody.

I'd avoid limitless seafood buffets for the next couple months...

When properly cooked, I love lobster, but crab more. I'm still avoiding radioactive shrimp. 🍤 

[JB_Studio38]

I just had lobster tail today, grilled…like popular in the Keys. Yum

As for the rest, I recently noticed: Lobster tail is not pre cooked when you buy them. Whole lobster is precooked, unless you buy it live. Something with the toxins or texture that determines how it’s prepared when it’s caught. 

Edited December 31, 2025 by JB_Studio38

[Luv2play]

In the supermarkets near me in Central Canada and far away from the Atlantic where all Canadian lobsters sold commercially are caught, we have our choice of live, frozen uncooked tails or frozen cooked whole.

I have cooked live but do feel for the beasts as I plunge their heads in the boiling water. I assume death is instant but there must be a sliver of a moment when they feel the searing heat. 
 

Death is never a nice thing to contemplate but that’s how we arrive at feeding ourselves since we are at the head of the food chain. C’est la vie. 

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I'm a hypocritical omnivore.  My meals include chicken, seafood, beef, and pork supermarket selections, but, if I were charged with the slaughters, I just know I couldn't do it.  For sure, it would be a long,  arduous adjustment to only fruits, nuts, and vegetables.  I would not be good company.

Edited yesterday at 12:34 AM by sync

[Luv2play]

1 hour ago, sync said:

I'm a hypocritical omnivore.  My meals include chicken, seafood, beef, and pork supermarket selections, but, if I were charged with the slaughters, I just know I couldn't do it.  For sure, it would be a long,  arduous adjustment to only fruits, nuts, and vegetables.  I would not be good company.

The easiest category of flesh that I could kill myself and have done so is fish. I don’t think of them as having much of a brain if any do they? God, my biology classes seem so far away. Anyway they are not vertebrates such as mammals. They do bleed though so killing them is a bit messy. 

[MikeBiDude]

3 minutes ago, Luv2play said:

The easiest category of flesh that I could kill myself and have done so is fish. I don’t think of them as having much of a brain if any do they? God, my biology classes seem so far away. Anyway they are not vertebrates such as mammals. They do bleed though so killing them is a bit messy. 

Back to your biology class! Many finned and other fish are indeed vertebrates. Backbones.

[Luv2play]

6 minutes ago, MikeBiDude said:

Back to your biology class! Many finned and other fish are indeed vertebrates. Backbones.

Oops. 

[Luv2play]

6 minutes ago, Luv2play said:

Oops. 

In my defence I was given a rat to dissect in biology class in high school.