Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hou2h.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!hou2h!mr From: mr@hou2h.UUCP (M.RINDSBERG) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: eating live things Message-ID: <959@hou2h.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 10:24:10 EDT Article-I.D.: hou2h.959 Posted: Mon Jul 1 10:24:10 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 2-Jul-85 05:26:44 EDT References: <213@sdcarl.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 21 > 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 The Japanese have a sort of a fish which is eaten while still alive. Pretty disgusting ?? Mark ..!hou2h!mr