Comments on: Lobster Stock http://gildedfork.com/lobster-stock/ Home of Culinary Media Network Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:24:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christine @knapkins_com http://gildedfork.com/lobster-stock/comment-page-1/#comment-114660 Christine @knapkins_com Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:41:02 +0000 http://www.culinarymedianetwork.com/newsite/?p=2043#comment-114660 I heard you can hypnotize them too?! Lobsters are believed, by many scientists, not to feel pain, due to their primitive nervous system. An hour before cooking, keep the lobsters in refrigerator. They will be in a deep state of sleep. Remove them from the refrigerator just before cooking. This is also good cause their tails don't twitch when cooking.Experiments at the University of Maine determined that: - Boiling in the traditional manner causes a lobster to begin activity in 5-10 seconds and continue for 1 - 1 1/2 minutes. - Hypnotizing the lobster by holding its head down and rubbing it nearly doubles the length of time it moves. - Slow heating in salt water from room temperature results in increased activity when the water reaches a temperature of around 30°C/86°F. This activity lasts 2-3 minutes and then subsides. - Pot steaming seems to reduce the activity of lobsters. However, lobsters at the top of the steam rack may still be alive after 20 minutes when large numbers of lobsters are being cooked at once unless the steam is retained in the pot. - Chilling/icing before cooking, by placing the lobster on ice or in a freezer (but not freezing it) delays the onset of activity about 30 seconds and reduces the duration of movement to about 20 seconds. - Visit for more details at http://www.lobster.um.maine.edu/index.php?page=22 Visit seafood recipes at http://knapkins.com/dishes?cat=seafood I heard you can hypnotize them too?! Lobsters are believed, by many scientists, not to feel pain, due to their primitive nervous system. An hour before cooking, keep the lobsters in refrigerator. They will be in a deep state of sleep. Remove them from the refrigerator just before cooking. This is also good cause their tails don’t twitch when cooking.Experiments at the University of Maine determined that:

- Boiling in the traditional manner causes a lobster to begin activity in 5-10 seconds and continue for 1 – 1 1/2 minutes.
- Hypnotizing the lobster by holding its head down and rubbing it nearly doubles the length of time it moves.
- Slow heating in salt water from room temperature results in increased activity when the water reaches a temperature of around 30°C/86°F. This activity lasts 2-3 minutes and then subsides.
- Pot steaming seems to reduce the activity of lobsters. However, lobsters at the top of the steam rack may still be alive after 20 minutes when large numbers of lobsters are being cooked at once unless the steam is retained in the pot.
- Chilling/icing before cooking, by placing the lobster on ice or in a freezer (but not freezing it) delays the onset of activity about 30 seconds and reduces the duration of movement to about 20 seconds.
- Visit for more details at http://www.lobster.um.maine.edu/index.php?page=22

Visit seafood recipes at http://knapkins.com/dishes?cat=seafood

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