Christmas Eve Lobster

Although neither of us are big on religious holidays, David and I happily celebrate Christmas with our families. My family does this by doing what all Ukrainians do best — eating! Traditionally Ukrainians eat seafood rather than other types of meat on Christmas Eve because of some old wives tale about the animals talking to you if you go to your barn. Whatever. This year my Mom decided to opt for a seventies revival dinner which included gangster 70s aperitifs, Baked Alaska, and the star of the show: Lobster Thermidor. It was Davids first time killing a lobster and we definitely wanted to go the more humane route (if thats possible) so we settled on stabbing through the lobsters brains before continuing with the rest of the proceedings. It was a tad bit gruesome to be honest with a surprising amount of gushing liquid and post mortem twitching, however dont let this discourage you! The results after halving, roasting, scooping out, mixing with a ridiculously rich buttery sauce, then returning the lobster meat to the shells to warm and serve, are quite miraculous.

http://foodtease.com/2008/12/christmas-eve-lobster

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• christmas
• 2008
• saskatoon
• lobster
• cooking
• thermidor
• killing
• stabbing
• humane

[AznLiishii123]

you guys are Ukrainians? i never knew!

[foodtease]

Only Nicole is half Ukranian.

[Mygalf]

You shouldn't kill lobsters that way, in fact your method is illegal in many countries. Just put them head forward into boiling water.

[foodtease]

Sorry, but pretty sure you are dead wrong. Reasearch has proved that this is the humane way to kill a lobster. Throwing them into boiling water is cruel, they don't scream when you stab them between the eyes.

[gummybear1321]

Eww I wouldn't want to eat my diner alive :O but good vid

[SanguineBullet667]

@Mygalf No you're most definitely wrong, boiling causes the most pain. This way is much quicker and less pain. Boiling it straight up should be illegal and you should definitely feel horrible for doing it. It also makes the meat much tougher and nasty if you let it SUFFER by boiling to death slowly.

[appleslinky]

So cute, but so tasty

[manicobsession]

@foodtease lol, you're correct that the method you used is both fully legal and the most humane, but lobsters don't scream when they're boiled, that's just air in their heads expanding rapidly and escaping. It's hard to scream when you have no vocal cords ;-)

[DrFunnelCakes]

@Mygalf Wrong! Going through the head destroys the nervous system instantly. Throwing them into boiling water is much more cruel because the lobster, although paralyzed by the heat, stays alive for up to two minutes.

[RuhrPoTTLive]

-.-*

[redgator12]

@foodtease They don't scream. They don't have vocal chords. The "scream" is air being released from the stomach as it boils. But I agree, it's humane, because it's a direct cut through the head, it's more humane than boiling it to death...

[japangamers]

they do not actually scream when you boil them its just heated air escaping threw their shells. There is no actual right way to kill a lobster but since they are from the insect family you can put them in the freezer for a hour and a half and it will stop all their movements.

[AznLiishii123]

o ok :)