Reply #9: C'mon, they're BUGS [View All]

If you've ever stepped on a bug, you can kill a lobster.

If it helps, you can rely on the fact that while they recognize noxious stimuli, they don't have the equipment to process actual pain.

If you steam them live, they will flop. You might hear a whistling noise, that's air trapped under the shell being pushed out.

You can also use a hammer and a sharp knife to brain them before they go into the pot, but make sure they go right into the pot. They release digestive juices into their flesh the second they die, which is why you need to get them live and off them yourself.

Some people think sticking them in the freezer for half an hour or so before they go into the pot narcotizes them. I just think it makes them die slower.

In any case, they'll be dead within 10 seconds of hitting the pot. Since any of the natural deaths they'd be likely to face take much longer, think of it as euthanasia.

Then enjoy them.

But they are bugs, you know.