Microwaving lobster

[VeryBadGirl]

In Newsweek, there is a recipe for a Microwave Clambake and it actually said to put a live lobster (and clams, potatoes, corn, etc) in the microwave and zap it for 8 minutes!!!

Then it said that the lobster might "thrash" and knock up against the door, so to just press "cook" and run out of the kitchen!

Who could do this? I can't even boil them - I only eat lobster out.

 

[Black_Bird]

Heh. Sounds like something a child would do.

"Lets put mister happy the hermit crab in the microwave and see what happens."

I'd rather boil the fucker.

 

[VeryBadGirl]

It said that if the thrashing bothers you, to put the lobster in the freezer for 20 minutes to "numb" it, then zap away. Like that's more humane! Freeze, then nuke!

 

[Black_Bird]

You know, we are all have been so far removed from our food source for so long, that the mere idea of killing an animal turns the stomach of almost everyone.

But, how do you think that food get's on your plate?

The native americans use to thank the spirits of the animals for giving up their bodies so that they could live. I think it's a pretty good idea, don't you?

 

[kiwiwolf]

Mornay the little bugger. It's tastier and there is less risk of wrecking your nuke-rowave.

Bon Appetit

 

[VeryBadGirl]

I like meat, and I like lobster, but I just don't think that microwaving is a (good? nice? appropriate?) decent way to kill anything. Isn't it like electrocuting?

 

[kiwiwolf]

I like meat, and I like lobster, but I just don't think that microwaving is a (good? nice? appropriate?) decent way to kill anything. Isn't it like electrocuting?

Ok, all tough guy bullshit aside, I do agree with you. When it comes to lobster I kill them before cooking by putting them in the freezer for 45 minutes to an hour. It does kill them, and apparently it is pretty painless.


Try adding some coriander and tomatoe paste to your mornay... awesome.

 

[becca80]

I've seen a large live abalone fried, skewered, and sliced right in front of me (Japanese teppanyaki). It made my stomach turn. Damn thing cost $80 Cdn too!

 

[VeryBadGirl]

Try adding some coriander and tomatoe paste to your mornay... awesome.

I don't know about cheese sauce on a lobster - garlic butter and lemon for me!

Actually, how DO they kill animals? Like cows and pigs - I mean, I'm sure they don't shoot them.

 

[Black_Bird]

Knockers.

They hit them over the head very hard.

 

[rider]

Actually, no.

Isn't it like electrocuting?

No, it is a cooking from the inside, and I agree with you, I would rather boil them. I am not really all that up on lobster anatomy, but I think their exoskeleton is somehat similiar to our skin. Their would be nervous tissue there, and any burning sensation would quickly be gone as the tissue is overwhelmeld, thus less painful, I would think than nuking. I have butchered many animals, and have no problem with that. If you are a medical buff, like myself, it can be educational, not unlike biology or anatomy labs. But, leave the lobster in boiling water for me. I agree with you, VBG.

 

[Rubyfruit]

ummm.....lobster.

 

[kiwiwolf]

I don't know about cheese sauce on a lobster - garlic butter and lemon for me!

Actually, how DO they kill animals? Like cows and pigs - I mean, I'm sure they don't shoot them.

For beef we used to use a bolt gun. It is a tool that uses a blank round that when fired drives a large bolt into the skull of the cow stunning or killing it. Its throat is then cut and it bleeds out. If it lives through the bolt gun it is unconscious or stunned enough so that it doesn't feel the knife. Fairly humane.

With pigs and sheep they use an electronic stun bar, then cut it's throat.

Remember... you asked.

 

[VeryBadGirl]

Remember... you asked.

<gulp> so I did. thank you. <thumb in mouth> VBG go night night now...

 

[rider]

Kiwi, I was just about to say that!!

That is the method used in large scale slaughter operations. For private, home slaughter, in cattle and hogs, a small caliber bullet, such as a .22 is usually used. With sheep, usually we just cut their throat.

 

[kiwiwolf]

<gulp> so I did. thank you. <thumb in mouth> VBG go night night now...

LMAO... sorry didn't mean to be condescending. By the way I loved your work on HighSchoolJocks thread.

 

[kiwiwolf]

Re: Kiwi, I was just about to say that!!

That is the method used in large scale slaughter operations. For private, home slaughter, in cattle and hogs, a small caliber bullet, such as a .22 is usually used. With sheep, usually we just cut their throat.

Rider I used to use a bolt gun on cattle at home too. I have seen a steer take a .22 and go berserk. It is guaranteed to fuck up your cattle yards.

 

[Mona Lisa]

Nuking them is better than what some trendy sushi bars are doing... serving them live.

 

[VeryBadGirl]

you weren't condescending! I was actually stunned into regression. a STUN BAR? yikes!

and yeah, it was fun with scotty, but he didn't seem to respond! I think I strayed a little too far from his story line. oh well.

 

[kiwiwolf]

you weren't condescending! I was actually stunned into regression. a STUN BAR? yikes!

and yeah, it was fun with scotty, but he didn't seem to respond! I think I strayed a little too far from his story line. oh well.

He had a story line???? i think anything other than "Yeah Scotty you hung stud you... give it to me!" would have strayed from his story line. The boy has the IQ of an artichoke!

 

[Private Vasquez]

I would think a lobster would explode in a microwave..and while rubbery meat might be fun to play with, it's not exactly fun to eat.

 

[kiwiwolf]

I would think a lobster would explode in a microwave..and while rubbery meat might be fun to play with, it's not exactly fun to eat.

 

[VeryBadGirl]

not to hijack my lobster thread with the likes of SCOTTY (sheesh!), but are you kidding? I think "he" is hilarious! Come on - you DO know that there is an intelligent person posing as a boorish HSJ named Scotty.

everyone has GOT to know that..... don't they?

 

[kiwiwolf]

not to hijack my lobster thread with the likes of SCOTTY (sheesh!), but are you kidding? I think "he" is hilarious! Come on - you DO know that there is an intelligent person posing as a boorish HSJ named Scotty.

everyone has GOT to know that..... don't they?

Check back through his thread... I think I said that on about page 3. But what gets me is how he stuck to his persona for so long. It was great fun for a couple of weeks.

 

[VeryBadGirl]

I would think a lobster would explode in a microwave..and while rubbery meat might be fun to play with, it's not exactly fun to eat.

Actually, the issue of rubbery meat was addressed in the newsweek article! It said that it was best to freeze the lobster a little, because if you don't, the stress of m/w may make it produce too much adrenaline, which toughens the meat.