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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Raubvogel on March 02, 2005, 11:56:03 AM
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http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/WaterCooler/wireStory?id=544088
The only thing more interesting than the gigantic size of the lobster was the group that wanted to buy it and eat it :)
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent Wholey a letter asking him to work with the group to release Bubba back in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maine.
Another group calling itself People For Eating Tasty Animals reportedly offered Wholey a hefty price for the lobster. At Tuesday's price of $14.98 a pound, Bubba would retail for about $350.
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PFETA=People For Eating Tasty Animals:
Very funny stuff!!
TOJO
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Only one real question remains about this situation.
Got butter???:D
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You could probably carve the tail like a Thanksgiving turkey and feed about 6 people.
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I may be dead wrong, but a lobster that old is probably not as tasty as one 80 years his younger.
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Only one way to find out. I volunteer. :D
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Lobster may be like a fine wine. Gets better with age.
It is marinating itself in salty sea water afterall.
Mmmmmm.
-SW
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I'ld eat it!
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That's a big damn bug!
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As a life long lobster connoisseur, I can state that once a lobster grows beyond 2 lbs, the meat gets tougher and tougher. The ideal size for eating is around 1.25 to 1.5 pounds. You get the best meat yield to taste ratio. The lobster no doubt gained its reputation as a trash fish when people were harvesting the really large ones from beaches where they roamed in great numbers many years ago. Now that most lobsters for consumption are under 1.5 pounds, they are considered a delicacy due to the sweet and tender meat in the claws and the tail.
MiG
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Mig is right. That lobster would be like eating your desk.
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CMC,
from my experience how you cook seafood makes a huge difference on how it comes out. The big ones come out just fine for me by staying on the heat for a shorter time than you would expect. A 4 pounder steams out pretty well in about 10 mins.
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yeah, but you could make one hell of a bisque with that mother.
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There's a story that long ago prisoners used to be fed lobsters and complained they got tired of eating them.
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Originally posted by BlueJ1
Mig is right. That lobster would be like eating your desk.
:rofl :rofl :rofl :aok
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How imaginative. Hes big and rotund...lets call him Bubba! :rolleyes:
Sincerely,
The Real Bubba
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He'd be chewy and nasty.
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He is dead, just heard on the news, died while being transported to the zoo, they plan an autopsy...
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Originally posted by CMC Airboss
As a life long lobster connoisseur, I can state that once a lobster grows beyond 2 lbs, the meat gets tougher and tougher. The ideal size for eating is around 1.25 to 1.5 pounds. You get the best meat yield to taste ratio. The lobster no doubt gained its reputation as a trash fish when people were harvesting the really large ones from beaches where they roamed in great numbers many years ago. Now that most lobsters for consumption are under 1.5 pounds, they are considered a delicacy due to the sweet and tender meat in the claws and the tail.
MiG
I concur.
Tried a really LARGE lobster meat was tough and it was downright nasty tasting.
Few other people I know tried really big lobsters against my advice and came to the same conclusion.
Also remember reading this somewhere afterwards.
Really cool to look at and say "oh wow look at the size of that thing" but not good eating and definately not worth the price
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Originally posted by Halo
There's a story that long ago prisoners used to be fed lobsters and complained they got tired of eating them.
Yeah, I've heard it was considered cruel to be served lobster so many times a week if you were a prisoner. Ironic.
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Originally posted by medicboy
He is dead, just heard on the news, died while being transported to the zoo, they plan an autopsy...
Linkage (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=546238)
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Wonder what kinda autopsy that will be....bibs....butter...potato e salad... :lol
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Good one, LePaul. :D
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Send them a sack of crawfish and they'd forget lobster...
(specially if they suck them heads)
serously - i wouldn't eat anything 100 years old
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Not fussed on lobsters rather have a Steak. But from what I've heard they might be wasting their money as old lobsters taste crap, can't remember the best age for eating them but friends had one that was 60 something and it was awful.
...-Gixer
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OMG... Bubba is Dead!!!
He died at the zoo in a quarintine tank.
:confused:
Well, that should cheer up some of you bloodthirsty Neo-Cons. You've been screaming for the death penalty for days now, both for Bubba and the children, looks like you finally got your way.
I'd go for a walk on the beach to calm myself down but the water would only remind me of poor Bubba.
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Should have named him Zoidberg
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The lobster just croaked.