Do You Eat Lobster?

[Placebo]

[WritingIsMyReligion]

1. Fuck no.

That makes me the only sane person in Maine. :D :P

[Placebo]

2. Oh, so it's a matter of SANITY, is it?

:P

[Mutley]

3. Hell no.

When I was a kid my mother brought home a live lobster and let me play with him before she cooked him. :cry:

[Gormy Cuss]

4. Yessah. Every time I'm in Maine.

Wouldn't want to upset the relatives.

[LeftyMom]

5. I don't want or need to boil another creature alive to feed me.

Ugh. :puke:

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. You don't have to boil it alive.

You can also steam it alive, or cut in half with a cleaver and then grill it, or just chop it into large pieces and pan fry them, simmer them, bake them, or eat them raw, or any host of methods.

[ThomCat]

45. That's just cruel.

[Fox Mulder]

7. God no!

It makes me sad that at the local Wal-Mart they have a lobster holding tank where people can pick out their own lobster to boil alive. People are always pounding on the glass, tormenting those poor animals.

It makes me sick that animals are treated so badly. :puke:

[Placebo]

8. Are you a vegetarian?

If not, that doesn't make much sense. :P

[Fox Mulder]

9. Not quite yet.

I'm making the transition right now from hardcore meat-eater to vegetarian.

It's going to be rough, but in the end, it'll be worth it. :thumbsup:

[dysfunctional press]

38. what about leather?

shoes, belts, wallets, etc...?

if it's the way that animals are treated that turns you off from meat, don't forget to give up leather, too.

[flvegan]

16. Outrage at tormenting animals doesn't make sense?

Regardless of dietary or lifestyle choices, I know many folks that will eat a burger but will also punch some asshole in the face for inflicting some form of torture on an animal.

It, ahem, DOES make sense.

[Placebo]

18. How?

If you're going to eat the animal that's been slaughtered without consideration for its well-being, but lambaste someone for treating a cow in an abusive way, doesn't that make you a hypocrite? :)

[flvegan]

21. 'Tis a lot deeper than a simple definition.

Hypocrite, and correct me if I'm wrong, involves belief and opinion.

[maveric]

11. Do you step on bugs, cockroaches?

Do you spray for ants?

[Fox Mulder]

13. No, no, and no.

[flvegan]

17. Your point, specifically?

Just curious.

[JVS]

40. are you sure they aren't tapping the tank to make sure they get a live one

[Ladyhawk]

10. I had it once a long time ago and didn't care for it.

Now it's just too damn expensive to try again.

[1monster]

12. Nope. Nor shrimp, nor catfish and a few others. They are all

BOTTOM feeders.

[kiraboo]

14. Lobster is my favorite food, period.

But I can't afford it! Even here in Maine, it's ridiculously expensive.

[Placebo]

15. Like...how expensive?

I'm damn curious.

[Random_Australian]

19. Lobster has been way overfished expensive.

Not depleted yet, but not seven stones throw away.

[kiraboo]

23. Like $8 - $9 lb.

At the grocery store, so I have to cook it myself.

[Placebo]

24. Yikes!

:yoiks:

[NashVegas]

35. Are You Inland?

The small seafood markets on the coast sell it way cheap.

[kiraboo]

44. Beautiful downtown Bangor.

Yes, inland. I'm giving you the Hannaford price, although it's not usually very different from what you'd pay in Bar Harbor on the roadside.

[ThomCat]

46. I've been to Bangor.

I don't remember anything I would describe as Downtown. :)

It was a nice area though.

[Gormy Cuss]

56. Oh, poor Kiraboo. The price should start coming down a little

I think it's the tail end of a shedder season.
(My family with licenses are down in the Portland area and it tends to be a topic of conversation.)

It is a sad reality that much of the time the bugs are too expensive for anything but a special occasion.
Living on the wrong ocean now, it's the steamers I miss the most.

[TimeChaser]

20. No, but I like crab

[AlCzervik]

22. no, i had a very bad experience cooking it and that was it, i feel sick

when i see them.

[scoey1953]

25. I used to love Lobster, now it Dungeous crab...more meat...

Or Snow Crab or Alaska King Crab. These Crab have far more sweeter
meat and more of it then lobster. Lobster only had it in the tail and
claws...where as Crab has it every where.

[scarlet_owl]

26. No. I dislike seafood of all kinds.

[tjwmason]

33. Same here.

I couldn't even say what I don't like - but there's something in it which I really don't like.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. MMmmm...Lobster...

:9

[giant_robot]

28. I like lobster,

but no type of shellfish is as good as Maryland blue crab when it's in season, and both Maryland blues and sweet corn will be in season soon! Yum!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

29. Only if there's no prime rib!

[bridgit]

30. i do not...

[bumblebee1]

31. I do

It's once in a great while. Can't really afford it all the time. I enjoy eating seafood except for oysters.

[xchrom]

32. i prefer crab.

the texture and flavour of crab is better to me -- but i'll eat lobster.

but i wouldn't fix it myself.

but if people want a more humane way to kill their lobster before eating -- stick it in the freezer first.
this will ''knock out'' the lobster first.

[bigwillq]

34. Ewww...NO!

:puke:

[NashVegas]

36. I Loves Me Some Lobster

Sadly, middle Tennesee is not a good place to live to get some.

[Pithlet]

37. Yep.

I love all seafood, and it's one of the things I miss about living on the east coast. I live in western Tennessee, now.

[JVS]

39. If you're buying

[1gobluedem]

41. No, it's too sweet n/t

[Deep13]

42. Eww, giant bug!

[Odin2005]

43. I like crab better

[tinfoilinfor2005]

47. Yummmmmmmmm.

And you have to eat two, because lobsters mate for life. (Oh man, I'm gonna the crap beat out of me, aren't I?)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

48. Yes. I also eat crab, crawfish, shrimp, prawns, scallops, mussels...

I'm not a fan of clams, oysters, or sea urchins though.

[El Fuego]

49. With drawn butter.....Mmmm!! My fave!

[Placebo]

50. WHOLE FOODS HATES LOBSTERS!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2340740&mesg_id=2340740 :o

[flvegan]

52. OR, Whole Foods actually sort of gives a shit.

6 of one, half dozen of another, I guess, right?

[YankeyMCC]

51. Nope and

I catch a lot of teasing over it because I live near Boston but I guess it must be worse for WritingIsMyReligion who lives in Maine. :)

[cabbage08]

53. hmmmmmm ......... lobster

:thumbsup:

[u4ic]

54. No n/t

[AutumnMist]

55. Lobster Is In The Same Family As A Cockroach, Just Marine

They are not fish. Both lobsters and cockroaches are in the Phylum Arthropod, but lobsters are in the Class Crustacean while cockroaches are in the Class Insect. So no, a lobster is not an insect, but it is very similar to one in many ways! They have similar molting habits and DNA. Give me butter for the lobster though! The cockroach can take a hike! LOL. I have no shame when it comes to surf and turf. Sorry.:)