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Cyrano

(15,041 posts) Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:26 PM Dec 2018

Umm, Senator Susan Collins: Lobsters aren't brown

Yesterday, DU's "guru-in-becoming," Earl G, did another wonderful post about a gaggle of Republican hypocrites. Susan Collins, Senator of Maine, was included in his gallery of people who are fucking American voters every single day. And those voters are clueless.

My response to Earl G's post was that, in effect, Susan Collins, feeds the people of Maine fresh lobster daily, and that lobster isn't brown.

She voted for killing Obamacare, she voted for Kavanagh, she voted for the insane Republican tax cut, yet she calls herself a "moderate Republican."

I responded to it, but my neighbor's friend, who lives in New England, responded in a superior manner.

This morning, my neighbor received a (frozen) Fed Ex package with two lobsters in it. They were red, fully cracked and ready to eat.

Face it. Have you ever had a two lobsters for breakfast? (And they were red, not brown.)

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Umm, Senator Susan Collins: Lobsters aren't brown (Original Post) Cyrano Dec 2018 OP

Lobsters turn red during cooking; they are brown when taken from the sea DonViejo Dec 2018 #1

And they're also brown when some Republican is feeding it to you Cyrano Dec 2018 #3

I didn't want to be the one to tell the OP. BannonsLiver Dec 2018 #4

Indeed... 2naSalit Dec 2018 #12

SOME lobsters are brown. LakeSuperiorView Dec 2018 #19

A red lobster is a cooked lobster. But it's her goose I hope gets cooked Croney Dec 2018 #2

Are we talking live or cooked? Because live ones aren't that bright red... JHB Dec 2018 #5

And there is no Brown Lobster restaurant dalton99a Dec 2018 #7

Lmao..."zombie lobster"...never thought of that! Docreed2003 Dec 2018 #9

i do not see a single brown lobster there Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #10

True 2naSalit Dec 2018 #13

i'm jealous Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #15

I've never seen freshwater crawdads that did 2naSalit Dec 2018 #16

I believe "mottled" is the general description... JHB Dec 2018 #18

Lobsters actually are brown EffieBlack Dec 2018 #6

At this point I am forced to respond to the responses Cyrano Dec 2018 #8

Yes. Yes. Yes. violetpastille Dec 2018 #17

Photo of several living lobsters Quixote1818 Dec 2018 #11

Is this like that damn dress thing? What color do you see, red or brown? NightWatcher Dec 2018 #14

Hint: This post isn't about lobsters. It's about Susan Collins. Cyrano Dec 2018 #20

Well, I read a lot about lobsters. n/t cynatnite Dec 2018 #21

Geez, why so crabby? NightWatcher Dec 2018 #26

I think they look more green when alive mainer Dec 2018 #22

I like lobster Bonx Dec 2018 #23

Collins isn't serving up live lobster. WeekiWater Dec 2018 #24

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Most here ignored her Cyrano Dec 2018 #25

Well, tbh, your original post MrsMatt Dec 2018 #27

You're right. I should have linked to the op to Earl G. Cyrano Dec 2018 #28

You couldn't be more wrong! GulfCoast66 Dec 2018 #29

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)

1. Lobsters turn red during cooking; they are brown when taken from the sea

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:31 PM

Dec 2018

Cyrano

(15,041 posts)

3. And they're also brown when some Republican is feeding it to you

Reply to DonViejo (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:33 PM

Dec 2018

BannonsLiver

(16,396 posts)

4. I didn't want to be the one to tell the OP.

Reply to DonViejo (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:34 PM

Dec 2018

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)

12. Indeed...

Reply to DonViejo (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 02:17 PM

Dec 2018

must be a "landlubba".

LakeSuperiorView

(1,533 posts)

19. SOME lobsters are brown.

Reply to DonViejo (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 04:31 PM

Dec 2018

It would be fair to say most lobsters are brown.

But saying noncooked lobsters are brown would be inaccurate.

Croney

(4,661 posts)

2. A red lobster is a cooked lobster. But it's her goose I hope gets cooked

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:32 PM

Dec 2018

as soon as Maine voters have a ballot box to stew it in.

JHB

(37,160 posts)

5. Are we talking live or cooked? Because live ones aren't that bright red...

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:35 PM

Dec 2018

The next time you hear the song "Under the Sea", remember it was sung by a zombie lobster, so brightly red that he was clearly already cooked.

dalton99a

(81,515 posts)

7. And there is no Brown Lobster restaurant

Reply to JHB (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:38 PM

Dec 2018

Docreed2003

(16,863 posts)

9. Lmao..."zombie lobster"...never thought of that!

Reply to JHB (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:42 PM

Dec 2018

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,349 posts)

10. i do not see a single brown lobster there

Reply to JHB (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:47 PM

Dec 2018

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)

13. True

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #10)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 02:20 PM

Dec 2018

they are actually a composite of colors including greens and oranges and heaven knows what else. Most seem to be settling on brown. I never tried to identify them as one color before, and I grew up in lobsterland.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,349 posts)

15. i'm jealous

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #13)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 02:32 PM

Dec 2018

The only live ones I've seen have been in tanks. The conditions in those tanks can be measured by how faded looking the colors are.

The predominant color always looked to be dark green, to me, and then all those other colors you mentioned kinda splashed around.

Our freshwater crayfish (a.k.a. "crawdads" in some areas here) look like miniature lobsters with much less variety in colors. There are colorful crayfish in the world, just not around here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayfish

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)

16. I've never seen freshwater crawdads that did

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #15)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 02:40 PM

Dec 2018

not look like New England lobsters, live or cooked. They all taste pretty good!

JHB

(37,160 posts)

18. I believe "mottled" is the general description...

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #10)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 03:59 PM

Dec 2018

...although by using "brown" the OP evidently meant something else entirely.

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)

6. Lobsters actually are brown

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:35 PM

Dec 2018

They turn red when they are cooked

Cyrano

(15,041 posts)

8. At this point I am forced to respond to the responses

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:40 PM

Dec 2018

SUSAN COLLINS IS SELLING SHIT TO THOSE WHO VOTE FOR HER. YET, THEY KEEP VOTING FOR HER.

That's the end of my response.

violetpastille

(1,483 posts)

17. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Reply to Cyrano (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 03:06 PM

Dec 2018

Susan Collins is Susan Collins and that is a problem.

Quixote1818

(28,946 posts)

11. Photo of several living lobsters

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:52 PM

Dec 2018

Brown

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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

14. Is this like that damn dress thing? What color do you see, red or brown?

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 02:23 PM

Dec 2018

I've lobstered in the Keys and they are closer to brown than the pink they look at the store or after you cook them.

Cyrano

(15,041 posts)

20. Hint: This post isn't about lobsters. It's about Susan Collins.

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #14)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:27 PM

Dec 2018

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)

21. Well, I read a lot about lobsters. n/t

Reply to Cyrano (Reply #20)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:30 PM

Dec 2018

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

26. Geez, why so crabby?

Reply to Cyrano (Reply #20)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:38 PM

Dec 2018

mainer

(12,022 posts)

22. I think they look more green when alive

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:37 PM

Dec 2018

and I've cooked plenty of them.

Bonx

(2,053 posts)

23. I like lobster

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:38 PM

Dec 2018

WeekiWater

(3,259 posts)

24. Collins isn't serving up live lobster.

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:42 PM

Dec 2018

You overall point is correct. She is serving up hard core conservative shit. She is not a moderate.

Cyrano

(15,041 posts)

25. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Most here ignored her

Reply to WeekiWater (Reply #24)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:48 PM

Dec 2018

and went for the "lobster" garbage.

MrsMatt

(1,660 posts)

27. Well, tbh, your original post

Reply to Cyrano (Reply #25)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:56 PM

Dec 2018

was a bit obscure.

Cyrano

(15,041 posts)

28. You're right. I should have linked to the op to Earl G.

Reply to MrsMatt (Reply #27)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 09:40 PM

Dec 2018

I hereby plead guilty to making this post about lobsters.

Actually, I didn't know that people were so interested in the color of pre and post cooked lobsters. But who am I to judge? After all, a lobster is a lobster is a lobster.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)

29. You couldn't be more wrong!

Reply to Cyrano (Reply #28)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 11:56 PM

Dec 2018

North American lobsters look and taste different from European lobsters. And Florida Lobsters, also called Crayfish are a fish of a different color. Pun fully intended.

I get your original point and approve.

But stay away from food metaphors. Smart people, like found on DU, take food seriously!

Thanks for a fun thread.

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