I went to the historic park Fort Lewis (I think) in Canada, and the re-enactors were reliving a day-in-history when the fort was under seige. One of the characters was telling us how awful the seige was - food was running so low that they were forced to eat LOBSTER! I guess it’s not as good without that drawn butter ;)
I said it a few weeks ago in The Buckets, and I’ll say it again:
I loooove lobster, that’s one of my favorite foods. But let’s face it: those things are gigantic water cockroaches. Actually, cockroaches crossed with scorpions, because of the claws.
In fact, crustaceans such as lobsters and shrimp are arthropods. That means they are closer to arachnids (scorpions and spiders) and to insects (like cockroaches) than they are to fish or any other vertebrate.
The mandibles, however, are the jaws, not the claws.
I wouldn’t eat a lobster (or shrimp) if my life depended on it. It’s not just that they’re huge icky bugs, but they taste nasty. Fortunately, I’m also iodine-sensitive, which gives me a perfect reason to decline it when offered: “Wow, that looks, deee-lish, but I’m afraid my system can’t handle it.”
And aside from LOVING lobster (especially fresh caught, off the boat in Maine) and shrimp, I don’t mind working my way through a big mess of those little lobster cousins down there in Louisiana. Crawdads, crawfish, mud bugs . . . whatever you call them . . . they are scrumptious.
alviebird about 13 years ago
That’s about what I think of lobster. Giant sea bugs. Shrimp = little sea bugs.
lewisbower about 13 years ago
New England law requires lobster (lobstah) at least one a week.
Jorsulak1 about 13 years ago
I went to the historic park Fort Lewis (I think) in Canada, and the re-enactors were reliving a day-in-history when the fort was under seige. One of the characters was telling us how awful the seige was - food was running so low that they were forced to eat LOBSTER! I guess it’s not as good without that drawn butter ;)
arye uygur about 13 years ago
@Jane: My Canadian-born father told me about Adam Dollard. Was that the same siege?
TheSpanishInquisition about 13 years ago
Who doesn’t like lobster? One of my first favorite foods!
Strod about 13 years ago
I said it a few weeks ago in The Buckets, and I’ll say it again:
I loooove lobster, that’s one of my favorite foods. But let’s face it: those things are gigantic water cockroaches. Actually, cockroaches crossed with scorpions, because of the claws.In fact, crustaceans such as lobsters and shrimp are arthropods. That means they are closer to arachnids (scorpions and spiders) and to insects (like cockroaches) than they are to fish or any other vertebrate.
Again, I love my lobster!
fritzoid Premium Member about 13 years ago
The mandibles, however, are the jaws, not the claws.
I wouldn’t eat a lobster (or shrimp) if my life depended on it. It’s not just that they’re huge icky bugs, but they taste nasty. Fortunately, I’m also iodine-sensitive, which gives me a perfect reason to decline it when offered: “Wow, that looks, deee-lish, but I’m afraid my system can’t handle it.”
Redhead55 about 13 years ago
And aside from LOVING lobster (especially fresh caught, off the boat in Maine) and shrimp, I don’t mind working my way through a big mess of those little lobster cousins down there in Louisiana. Crawdads, crawfish, mud bugs . . . whatever you call them . . . they are scrumptious.
6ryph0n about 13 years ago
Ummm… lobsters don’t have mandibles. They don’t even have bones.