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The theory I hear from people who do it is that the animals die instantly in thermal shock. Would be great if someone in the know could comment; I'm certainly n
by rich_sasha 5y ago
The theory I hear from people who do it is that the animals die instantly in thermal shock. Would be great if someone in the know could comment; I'm certainly not endorsing this view!
- joaosardinha 5y agoMy family does this, I remember watching them try to crawl out of the pot for the first few minutes so it's not true
- Silasdev 5y agoJust picturing that makes me feel terrible
- Dylan16807 5y agoWas the water boiling when they were put in?
- karolist 5y agoI was around as a kid when my aunt boiled some crayfish alive. The way they run in the pot and the sound they make still haunts me to this day whenever I see these little animals. I don't need science to tell me if something feels pain or not when being boiled alive...
- phonypc 5y agoThe sound is expanding gas escaping their shell. They don't have lungs or vocal cords.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoI have boiled a lot of lobster and crab live. In my experience, they stop twitching in 5 seconds or so. I find this method faster more humane than chopping through their carapace and rooting around their head with a knife looking to scramble their brain while they struggle. The latter is not a task I expect many home cooks to be good at. They key is to have the water at a rolling boil and have enough volume that it doesn't cool when you add a 2 lb lobster head first. I suspect a lot of the horror stories are from people who added lobster to a pot with too little water.