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https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/vvq7k4/how-chefs-prefer-to-kill-lobster https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/vvq7k4/how-chefs-pre... Frozen lobster

https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/vvq7k4/how-chefs-prefer-to-kill-lobster https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/vvq7k4/how-chefs-pre... Frozen lobster is also not cooked. Sometimes it's death by freezing, if they're not killed another way first (for instance, frozen lobster tails are obviously killed before being cut). I'm quite certain boiling alive is one of the least common ways it's done, especially with the popularity of frozen lobster.

moate 8y ago
Depends on locality. I was a chef in the American Northeast and I worked with plenty of live lobsters, even at some mid-priced restaurants. I don't think people in Kansas have quite the same luxury, but I do remember seeing tanks when I lived out in the Midwest as well. Where I'm at though, there's plenty of live sea-food available for purchase through the year.
- deadmetheny 8y ago
  As a Midwesterner, I can verify that in the more populated areas it's possible to get them. Live lobsters are a bit on the expensive side, but not prohibitively so.
- BenjiWiebe 8y ago
  10 years or so ago, Walmarts in Kansas had live lobster tanks in the grocery area.