they "freed" the lobsters! aggggh!

[Maggot]

Maggot forgot to tell you that they should be steamed with ocean water.

anything else is sacrilegious and barbarian.

Beer works pretty good also.

[Lady Cop]

On Thursday, a group of Buddhists traveled to Gloucester and purchased 534 lobsters, about 600 pounds worth, from a wholesaler and dumped them back into the sea in a prayer ceremony in which the crustaceans’ bands were cut and blessed water was sprayed on them.

Freedom. But it may have been short-lived.

Yesterday, lobstermen from the fishing vessel Degelyse said they had traveled to the site of the ceremony, laid their traps, and hauled up exactly 534 lobsters, according to a local blog, Goodmorninggloucester.org.

And then they brought their haul right back to market.

“It’s really not meant as a slight toward Buddhism at all,’’ said Joe Ciaramitaro, who runs the blog that broke the story and co-owns Captain Joe and Sons Dock, where the boat and several others offload their catch. He also runs Captain Joe and Sons Wholesale Lobster Co. in Gloucester. “We’re just having fun.’’

[BlueTiki]

Now that's an economic stimulus package I can swallow.

Pass the clarified butter, please.

[Duchess]

I don't like the idea of something living having to die so I can eat it. That really bothers me.

[IMaDick]

I don't like the idea of something living having to die so I can eat it. That really bothers me.

It beats the alternative of you dying so something else can eat.

[BlueTiki]

Not a big fan of the Uraguayan Team's Andes diet, huh?

"Please . . . not Leg of Fredo, again!"

'Have a friend for lunch.' - Alfred 'Alferd' Packer

[HellNurse]

They scream when steamed.

They scream longer when steamed than boiled.

Save the lobsters; eat a Buddist.

[Cynical Ninja]

Over here they either stick the knife in before they are cooked or they start them off in warm water which sends them to sleep then slowly raise the temperature until they are cooked.

I like lobster, scampi and king prawns.

[Lady Cop]

i'll give Rocky a good home!! give him to me!!



"Rocky", the 27-pound Maine lobster

BOOTHBAY HARBOR — A giant 27-pound lobster has been caught off the Maine coast, but it won't be going into a pot of boiling water.
shrimp fisherman Robert Malone caught the monster crustacean in his nets Friday. He gave it to the Department of Marine Resources to deliver to the aquarium it operates in Boothbay Harbor.

The beast weighs 27 pounds and measures nearly 40 inches long. It was dubbed Rocky because it was caught in the Rockland area.

The lobster is the biggest ever brought to the aquarium and huge compared to 1- to 2-pound lobsters people typically eat. The biggest lobster on record was caught off Nova Scotia and weighed more than 40 pounds.

Hayden-Rodriquez says Rocky will soon be released into the ocean because he'll fare better in the wild.

[username]

I have relatives in Maine who claim to be able to hypnotize lobsters. I've never seen it; don't ask me wtf they're talking about.

[Maggot]

I would look like a mad scientist if I had my stethescope touching the side of the pot right? But I wanna do it next time. I really do.

[ramseycat]

It's Lobsterfest at Red Lobster. Send Rocky there.

[sally]

It's Lobsterfest at Red Lobster. Send Rocky there.

You're an asshole. It's already bad enough that you want to eat him, you don't have to degrade him first.

[Cynical Ninja]

Look at the size of those fucking claws!

[krystalshores]

OMG! Lobster heaven! yum yum yum

[Lady Cop]

the record caught up here was 44 lbs. they are old and tough at this size, the best ones weigh about 2 ¹⁄₂ - 3 lbs. mmmmm buttah!
that nasty red lobster chain serves up 1 lb. chicken lobsters, barely legal.

[Cynical Ninja]

1lb lobsters? scandulous. More like a king prawn on steroids.

[Lady Cop]

even worse, red lobster used to pay slave wages for free-divers in south america and perhaps elsewhere to catch their lobsters. those divers often suffered the bends and serious injury with no recompense.

i don't think red lobster does that shit anymore, busted like some sweat shops, but i wouldn't spend a penny there.
i am lucky to get plenty of live local lobsters here.

[Lady Cop]

a better photo of Rocky, showing his size.
those claws could break an arm.

Rocky's video debut--->

http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2....wmtw.html

they're going to need a bigger pot.

[Middle Finger]

A group of Tibetan Buddhists flanked the sides of a whale-watching boat at dusk on Wednesday, sprayed the lobsters with blessed water, clipped the bands binding their dangerous claws and gently released them one by one into the deep water below.

Cook led a ceremony ahead of the liberation that included prayers, mantras and walking the 13 boxes of lobsters in circles around a display of blessed objects.

These important steps develop a karmic connection for the animals' future lifetimes and help ease future suffering, she said.

Only religion makes otherwise rational people do asinine things.