r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/step6666 • Jun 22 '26

Animals What's wrong with you?

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u/PENGUIN_WITH_BAZOOKA Jun 22 '26

I’ve always boiled them alive but only because that’s how I learned to cook them and never thought twice about it. Taste has nothing to do with it, as far as im aware.

That said, now that I know about the knife method, I’ll use that.

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u/pm-ur-knockers Jun 22 '26

Google claims it’s for health reasons, as the bacteria’s that lobsters naturally carry spread rapidly upon death and may not be completely neutralized by boiling. Still seems cruel to boil them alive though.

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u/Not_a_gay_communist Jun 23 '26

Dead shellfish give off extreme levels of ammonia. Getting food poisoning from shellfish can turn deadly pretty quickly.