Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bmcg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!bmcg!bobn From: bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: eating live things Message-ID: <1721@bmcg.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 16:46:04 EDT Article-I.D.: bmcg.1721 Posted: Thu Jun 27 16:46:04 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Jul-85 06:25:47 EDT References: <213@sdcarl.UUCP> Organization: Burroughs Corp. ASG, San Diego, CA. Lines: 22 > Reading the long reply about how to eat/clean/cook clams i have to > admit that i was rather repelled by the description of squirting some > lemon juice on the clam to make it squirm in order to verify that it > is still alive before eating it. The idea of putting a live animal > in my mouth and using my teath to crush and pulverize something in > order to kill it strikes me as somewhat barbaric. Almost made me > want to go vegetarian (but not quite, you'll have to try harder next > time). This made me think about other ``interesting'' eating > practices involving live animals. I don't know of any. What other > ones are there? Things like sticking lobsters in boiling water don't > really count since the lobster is (presumably) killed right off when > it hits the water. I have heard of something where monkeys have > their skull sliced open and their brains are eaten with chopsticks. > I'm not sure if they're supposed to be alive while eaten. > -- > rusty c. wright > {ucbvax,ihnp4,akgua,hplabs,sdcsvax}!sdcarl!rusty >> Even tho it is not an animal, yogart is biologically living >> when you put it in your mouth. >> >> Yoplay anyone?