Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcarl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcc3!sdcarl!rusty From: rusty@sdcarl.UUCP (rusty c. wright) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: eating live things Message-ID: <213@sdcarl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 12:15:08 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcarl.213 Posted: Wed Jun 26 12:15:08 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 02:47:27 EDT Reply-To: rusty@sdcarl.UUCP (Rusty Wright) Organization: Computer Audio Research Lab, UCSD, San Diego, Calif. Lines: 17 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