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From: johnr@tekig4.UUCP (John Rettig)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.med,net.cooks
Subject: Re: lobster
Message-ID: <1021@tekig4.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Oct-86 22:16:58 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 15 22:16:58 1986
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Keywords: cruelty
Summary: Painless lobster extermination
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In article <882@mit-vax.UUCP>, slk@mit-vax.UUCP (Ling Ku) writes:

> What I would like to know is the most painless (for the lobster)
> way to kill it FAST without cooking it 'cause I like to chop 
> it up and pan fry it with seasonings.  Anyone familiar with
> crustacean neural system?
> 

Betty Crocker instructs one to slice between the eyes with a sharp
knife before "the big plunge".
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Seen in a Gary Larson calendar:  Lobster about to go into
the pot alive, with last words

"Auntie Em, Auntie Em, there's no place like home..."