<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nMost researchers and animal advocates concur that boiling a live lobster is inhumane. Although lobsters lack a sophisticated neural system, they are aware of their surroundings and know to avoid anything that could harm them. They will experience discomfort until they pass away if you put them in hot water.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhy don’t you kill a lobster before cooking it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The meat of lobsters, crabs, and other shellfish is teeming with bacteria that, if consumed by people, may make them sick. When this bacteria kills shellfish, it quickly multiplies and releases toxins that might not be destroyed by boiling.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>What is the most humane way to kill a lobster?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nBehind the lobster’s eyes, just below the point where the claws meet the body, and halfway to the first joint, insert the tip of a sharp chef’s knife. Cut quickly through the head with the knife. After then, the legs will still move a little bit, but the lobster is already dead.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why Do We Boil Lobsters Alive Boiling lobster enhances its taste and tenderness. It becomes juicy and soft. Cooking lobster is a delicious treat. Removing …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable-in-feed":false,"article-schema-type":"","disable-critical-css":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerupcook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerupcook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerupcook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerupcook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerupcook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17418"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/powerupcook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82577,"href":"https:\/\/powerupcook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17418\/revisions\/82577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerupcook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerupcook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerupcook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerupcook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}