Somehow, you managed to get a fresh lobster. But before you can cook a lobster, you need to treat it. If you want to make a delicious lobster dish but dont know how to humanely kill lobsters, consult the worlds top chefs.
Lobster is distinguished by its high nutritional value and is expensive food. They also attract people thanks to their unique look made up of many different parts.
The shell is the skeleton of the lobster and it cannot grow. Did you know that soft shell lobster has less meat than hard-shell lobster? The lobsters blood is colorless and when exposed to oxygen, it turns blue. The blue color is due to the iron that the lobsters body uses to transport oxygen.
The most interesting part is the lobsters brain located in its throat. Instead of the brain, their kidneys are in the head. Furthermore, the lower part of the lobster, which is the abdomen, is the site of the nervous system. A lobsters nervous system is very primitive and similar to that of an insect. It has only about 100,000 nerve cells, compared with more than 100 billion of the human.
Quickly plunge the tip of a sharp chef’s knife right below its eyes. You will see a cross or X. Cut through the head and continue cutting through the tail to split the entire lobster.
How To Kill A Lobster?
First, you should pay attention to the lobsters caught in the lobster season, because they will be fresher and plump meat, the price is also more favorable. Now lets get to the lobster killing steps!
- Prepare the necessary lobster utensils to make lobster meat. Tools that need to be prepared in the processing of lobster are knives, scissors and cutting boards, small clean towels, gloves.
- Wash the lobster. When buying lobster, wash it, scrub away the dust that is on the lobster. Then cut 2 lobster antennae and lobster legs.
- Kill the lobster. There are several ways to kill a lobster before you put it in the pot. But the safest way is to put the lobster in the coldest part of the refrigerator or use ice to slow it down. The temperature you should keep your lobster cold is around 40 degrees F in an hour.
Then there are those who believe that a combination of the two is best: After freezing for 30 minutes, place the lobster lying down on the cutting board. Then point the chefs knife just below where the claw meets and quickly cut through the head. The leg will continue to move a little after that but the lobster is practically dead.
Or you can put the lobster straight into boiling water, at this time the cold lobster encounters a sudden rapid increase in temperature that will make its nervous system numb.
“Theres nothing better than getting a locally caught lobster, cooked in seawater on the beach and shipped down to Sydney,” he says.
Tis the season for seafood, but a growing body of shellfish research means the sound of jingle bells is no longer accompanied by the rattling of live lobsters in pots of boiling water.
Within the bounds of the law, there are two factors to consider when deciding the most humane method: The degree and length of pain it is likely to endure.
Mitchell & Cooper, the company behind Crusastun, claimed its use enhanced the flavour and succulence of lobster meat by reducing stress levels. Advertisement
Chef and Sydney Fish Market culinary ambassador Sean Connolly describes it as “sending them off to dreamtime”.
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FAQ
How do you cut a lobster alive?
Do restaurants kill lobsters before cooking?
How old are lobsters when you eat them?
How do you cut a lobster head in half?
Just place your lobster on a cutting board and firmly insert the tip of a sharp knife into the base of the head (where the shell comes into a point) slicing down to cut the head in half. The lobster is now dead and ready for cooking. (You may notice a little leg and claw movement, but don’t worry, that’s just a nervous system response.)
How do you kill a lobster?
There are a few ways to kill a lobster. By doing it before cooking, you have the option to boil, bake, steam, or cook it in another way. Freeze the lobster by placing it in the freezer for 30 to 60 minutes before putting it headfirst into a pot of boiling water.
How do you cut a lobster tail?
Place lobster on a flat surface or cutting board. Use a ribbed sheet pan to catch any liquid that spills out. Quickly plunge the tip of a sharp chef’s knife right below its eyes. You will see a cross or X. Cut through the head and continue cutting through the tail to split the entire lobster. Alternatively, you can simply remove the tail.
How do you cook a live lobster?
To cook a live lobster at home in the most humane way possible, Ina Garten advises taking the tip of a large chef’s knife, and placing it “exactly where the head and tail connect” (via “Cook Like A Pro” ). Plunging the knife quickly into the lobster at this precise point will sever its spinal cord, meaning the lobster should not suffer.