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You can no longer boil a lobster alive in Switzerland, unless you stun it first:
The Swiss government has ordered an end to the common culinary practice of throwing lobsters into boiling water while they are still alive, ruling that they must be knocked out before they are killed.
As part of a wider overhaul of Swiss animal protection laws, Bern said that as of 1 March, "the practice of plunging live lobsters into boiling water, which is common in restaurants, is no longer permitted". Lobsters "will now have to be stunned before they are put to death," the government order read.
According to Swiss public broadcaster RTS, only electric shock or the "mechanical destruction" of the lobster's brain will be accepted methods of stunning the animals once the new rule takes affect.
Also at BBC.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 13 2018, @07:15PM (2 children)
If boiling them live is easier or makes the food taste better, I'd do it.
The same goes for skinning them alive, or beating them to death, or whatever. Is it easy? Does it taste good? Those are the only concerns.
If I wasn't grossed out by raw meat, eating right out of the side of a living animal would be fine. If I preferred really fresh raw meat, I'd do it. Tie down the limbs, peel back the skin, and bite right into it.
With larger animals, like cattle, you could in theory take a bite out of the side and let them recover. Hey, vampire bats do it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @11:46PM
You'll eat your big macs and cheetos like a gud boi.
(Score: 2) by Wootery on Tuesday January 16 2018, @10:38AM
Quick tip for your trolling career: us real people are more likely to take seriously your half-baked contrarianism if you stop posting an AC.