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From: bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: eating live things
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Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 16:46:04 EDT
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> 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?