Andrew Zimmern Cooks: How to Kill a Lobster
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- Dispatching a lobster is most likely what's preventing you from cooking it at home, but learning the proper and most humane way to do it will make it less intimidating. I believe the most humane way to kill a lobster is to first put it in the freezer for 5 to 10 minutes. The lobster slowly goes to sleep in the freezer, which makes it easier to handle, and frankly, separates the dispatcher from the act. You don't want to leave the lobster in the freezer long enough to kill it, because that will also freeze the meat, which you don't want. Next, plunge a sharp chef's knife into the carapace behind the eyes. Now it's ready to cook-boil it, steam it, or split it and place it under the broiler or on a hot grill.
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Lobster: Haha! Thanks for having me on the show Andrew! Id like to say hello to m-- wait why am I in the freezer?"
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I'm proud you dispatched it the correct and humane way. Boiling them alive, even when "sleeping" is just messed up. Us Floridians always kill them this way or simply by full decapitation
@@batman4452 wrong.
I've heard justifications that seem incredibly lazy, like bacteria forming like an hour after it's dead... Cook it before then, geniuses.
@@stefantwotimes lol.
@Julian Vargas What do you mean? I've eaten cooked lobster, freshly killed, it's delicious. It's so weird to me that the idea of a lobster being killed upsets you (lobsters have less complex neural systems than we do, so they do not experience pain like us) and then go ahead and eat pigs, chickens and cows. All three of these animals experience pain and emotional attachment similiar to the way we do, and typically die less humane deaths than lobsters. (Hung upside down and bled out with their throat cut.), which takes at least a few minutes. I'm not vegan/vegetarian either, but I dislike hypocrites that refuse to accept the reality that the pork on their plate had family, a personality and emotions before we killed it. Pigs are more intelligent than dogs, and we all know that dogs have individuality and feel pain and loss.
Even if it doesn't feel pain I still think it's better to stab it or throw it in the freezer. It knows the water is harmful for it it will put a bad taste in the meat. Fear tastes bad.
thank you, i live in maine and boiling a live lobster is horribly cruel and the lobster feels the pain and thrashes. they are smart creatures too. steaming keeps nerves alive unlike boiling so it probably is the most painful way to die. again thank you for this video
It's amazing to me what cruelty humans are capable of just to eat something .... poor creatures
@@gsesquire3441 if you put them in the freezer first they will shut down their nerves but steaming them fully awake is horribly painful and to update they crabs and lobsters were just reclassified as sentient so not only do they feel but they are self aware and have fear
@@gsesquire3441 Downvoted.
i live in northen maine!
@@gsesquire3441 fuck yea brother, and we also aint let our sisters marry blacks neither. MARYLAND ROCKS
I worked at a “5 star” restaurant once, and they would break down live lobsters. Like claws/knuckles then tail, head in the trash. I suggested putting a quick knife in the back, and apparently that was the most ridiculous suggestion. It was like watching Sid from Toy Story every morning. I don’t know what type of pain they feel or not, but watching creatures getting ripped apart alive is fucked. Is this common? 😅
Not common, just lazy skipping steps or plan stupidity
I'm not sure where your restaurant got its stars, but Michelin can only give you 3 at most, not 5.
well they do have a nervous system so I think they can feel pain
@@itsshowtime6412 He never said anything about it being a Michelin ranked restaurant. He just said it was a "5 star" restaurant. He was just using that as a way to classify the restaurant as generally well regarded by its patrons and not some filthy hole in the wall. I think you just wanted to pick on the person who posted the comment.
@@Alpha1918all and any living things that have nerves can and do feel and appreciate pain. The idea that they can’t is, frankly, dumb as fuck. Or willful delusion so people don’t have to experience empathy for the living things they are hurting/killing.
Pain is a part of the process. Pretending you’re not doing it the things you kill is kind of childish.
Idc what people say.
I'll never boil a creature alive.
The thought of being indirectly responsible for an animal getting tortured to death kept me from eating Lobsters for years. It makes me happy to see that chefs like Zimmern are stepping up and raising awareness for alternatives to directly boiling them to death. It's still necessary to boil the lobsters for sure, but there are easier ways to do that than just tossing a beautiful little crustacean into a pot of 200+ degree water to kill it. Bugs are also filled with a complicated nervous system that operates mostly-independent of the brain, so splitting a Lobster's wig doesn't sound like an easy task for those who are aware of crustacean biology. I was scared that he was just gonna tell us to freeze them to death.
He does it wrong though.
For a minute, I thought he would use the celery stick to hit the lobster in the head. Most humane way.
thank you for the laugh of the day!
😂
*BONK*
What you don't see here is the minutes of spasming the creature can display despite having being dealt a death blow. Viewers may not be prepared for this type of reaction from the lobster which can go on for minutes some times as the nervous system reacts.
Oh well, we have power over these animals that would otherwise be chewed up by a seal and feel pain anyway, or die from molting. Grow up. I’m boiling it fresh
@@outofbody6797 just saying, if your trying to portray a realistic experience why not include the full experience.
@@outofbody6797 we have “power” over these animals? You are the one that needs to grow up.
@@megansullivan9377 lol
@@outofbody6797 Downvoted.
Lobsters actually can't go into shock when in severe pain like humans can, but they still feel pain. Killing them (best way is to stab them in the brain like he did) before boiling is much more humane.
This is respect.
i’m sorry but where’s the respect. he killed the lobster and there should live
@@gabbybreeze6577 Why is a vegetarian watching this video? I mean, at least I assume you're a vegetarian. Either that or a huge hypocrite.
@@shishkebaba Well, yes, but we're capable of much higher thought than fish are, to be fair.
@@fabplays6559 yup you're right. that is why we learned how to quickly kill lobsters and why we're watching this video
@@shishkebaba umm yeah but we should be able to hold humans with a higher regard and level or reasoning and intelligence or compassion for Gods sake and not add to cruelty cause we can🤣
had learned this from Emeril Lagasse a number of years ago. good to see it again. thanks for posting
Why not combine both methods? Freezer for 10-15 minutes, then knife through the shell ?
@FireKingExtreme Not freeze the lobster; Doubtful 10-15 minutes will freeze it. Chill it down to a low temp. Then knife it.
@FireKingExtreme That's what I wrote. I don't want to freeze the lobster; put it to sleep and then knife its head. This way the lobster feels nothing and the meat is still good.
@FireKingExtreme Thanks for the info
The third way is to knife the heart, at the back third of the front-back shell. Because it has like 3 brains, it's easier to go through the heart or main artery.
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Thanks for the video! Very educational and to-the-point 🔪
Instructions unclear, I tied up and the lobster has a gun to my head.
Thanks for making this. My dad bought a coupe of lobsters to eat for my birthday, and I wanted to kill them quickly. I don't necessarily buy the common notion than chilling them prevents them from feeling any pain when you boil them, so I wanted to make sure I'd be stabbing/cutting them in the right place.
I've seem other people do it with the blade of their knife pointing forward, then chopping the lobster's head in half. Is that necessary, or does this method destroy enough of their nervous system to kill them instantly?
I'd definitely recommend cutting them in half to kill them as quickly as possible. Lobsters are not built like us, they don't have brains and therefore stabbing them in the head is more akin to stabbing any part of the body. They have neurons distributed throughout their body, even their tail. So cutting them up definitely ensures a quicker death than one stab to the head, I believe. Besides, that's the way I've seen other people do it. :)
Yes it reassures that you’ve killed the lobster by doing that technique, keep doing that
I’ve been doing it the freezer way for years. Just puts them out so they don’t have to boil alive. I’ve done the same thing with some of my pet tarantulas if they got sick/injured and weren’t recovering.
Thank you Andrew, for giving me the best way to dispatch our local lobster. I am from Hawaii and I am born and bred in New York. I have to disagree with the fact that Maine lobster is the best; our slipper and spiny lobster’s are some of the very best in the world. That said, thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to say thank you to the lobster itself and make sure that it’s level of pain is as small as possible. Thank you and much aloha
I'm not a vegan. But if this can help the creature avoid any and all pain I'm all in.
What I saw was the Lobster react in pain once you stabbed it as it slowly died 😢😢😢
I saw that too and it’s sticking with me. I don’t think I’m going to go get that lobster now
It was dead as soon as it hit the head. Just because it is moving doesn't mean it was alive, that's simply the reflexes after it was killed in milliseconds
@@tboz4120This is hundreds or thousands of times faster than boiling. It dies when the knife goes into the shell, it is already dead.
I’m doing the freezer technique because I’m not about to risk cutting myself. Thank you for the helpful video!
RIP LARRY
Thanks! This helped out a lot 😄
Dont u love sea animals wtf
Thanks for the tutorial! I figured it was wrong to boil them alive so this was helpful!
Boiling alive is savage. Humane way to kill it before it is boiled. Place the tip of a sharp chef's knife behind the lobster's eyes, right below where the claws meet the body and halfway to the first joint. Swiftly plunge the knife down through the head. The legs will continue to move a bit afterward but the lobster is in fact dead.
To all you people visiting New England visit the hearth and kettle down cape cod and the ogunquit lobster pound in Maine. The cape has a warmer climate then Maine!
Joining the navy and I wanted to know just in case I got hungry 🙃
NOO DONT EAT THEM PLEASE
Gabby Breeze Why, because it’s cruel? They have the sentience of an insect.
@Julian Vargas21 You don’t have to boil them alive, you can brain spike them and it kills them before they even feel it.
@Julian Vargas21 then why are you on this video dumbass
@Julian Vargas21 lmao you can buy lobster that has been killed or deal with the fact you have to do it yourself
Maine lobster tastes fucking insane. Not that expensive as well. Around 24$ for a lobster at a seaside restaurant. Insane taste
No lobsters were harmed in the making of this video :)
how do you properly dispatch lettuce
Bang the core on the counter and it will dislodge. 😅
When you want to know ask Andrew, I'll always say try 3 times Learn that from Andrew.🍷
This technique is insufficient to guarantee a lobster kill. I tried stabbing it through the area that he indicates in this video, but my lobster was still thrashing. As I later found out, you have to stab it the other way around and then drive the knife down through the lobster's face to properly split its brain. It's a bit more violent but guarantees less suffering for the crustacean.
A lobsters nervous system will still make it twitch and move, but make no mistake. This cut will kill the lobster almost instantly.
@@Aliensexist69So many people just don't understand basic fundamentals of how the nervous system works
It looks good so eat
Wish I didn't have a shellfish allergy
@@Emigdiosback i knew this was gonna be the reply
Thanks Andrew.
About to grill a few bugs in a minute
Thanks for this!
Thank you
Boiling it with the rubber bands on ads a beginners flavor ;-(
1i use to boil lobsters alive and cut the face off soft shell crabs. Its something i regret doing. I never wanted to do it but it was my job. Being allergic to shellfish and working in a seafood resturant was quite the experience.
Is dispatching just a more humane way to say murdering? I love lobster, I just find word play funny sometimes.
Only humans get "murdered" by definition. Thus the use of dispatch. Although, "kill" would also certainly work.
No they mean different things
Thanks, I need to do this tomorrow..... poor guys.....lol
Hiding the like/dislike ratio is awfully sus...
Can you feel it now mr krabs?
Its larry the lobster not mr krabs..
@@Cha1nsawAsas1n welp I think he’s not doing so good
@@Jeremjoe nah he doing fine, this is like a hot bath for him, larry is already red so basically he is cooked xD.
@@Cha1nsawAsas1n true😂
you didn't show how to clean it before dropping it in the pan!
So we should feel bad for boiling it alive, but not for freezing it alive?
No ones saying anyone should feel bad about anything. Freezing just puts them to sleep….boiling them awake is a painful death. They aren’t like a human that’s going to suffer for hours from hypothermia.
freezing them puts them to sleep dimwit
The boiling thing is literal torture. The obvious difference between us and lobsters (even though there's a lot) is that lobsters are accustomed to cold temperatures. They'll pretty much not be very active, hence the quick pain won't be noticable to them. Also, if you kill it and boil it directly after, the lobster will still be moving because salt can trigger the rest of the lobster's atp even though it's still dead
You dont take off the pincher plastic
say what? That's cruel bro.
He did it too slow. Ramsey does it way better.
Hiroyuki Terada does a fine job as well
I followed the instructions (plunging the blade into the carapace) to a T and when I placed it into the water the poor bastard went nuts, trying to get out and kick itself off the bottom of the pot.
Allen Campbell don’t come here spreading lies vegan boy
uh huh.
Allen Campbell I know I’m super late to it, but killing it with a knife isn’t the best way at all. The lobster essentially has 6 parts that make up its brain and using the knife only hits 1 of the 6. Best way is like he did, freeze it for 10-15 minutes and then put it headfirst into boiling water
That’s a fat lie, if it was alive it would probably be moving after the knife was taken out
@@rickynorton824 wrong.
What is most Humane way to dispatch a Human...?
snu snu
Shoot them in the head with a desert eagle that will put them out of their misery immediately.
@@rickdee6053 Burn them alive.
put them in a freezer, it'll take longer than 5-10min but eventually they'll also fall asleep.
@@rickdee6053 What if I want to eat the brain? After all it's developed, learning all those useless facts at school.
guys let’s be nice to the lobsters. no stabbing that’s abuse. i lost my best friend a couple weeks ago, he got cooked. I HAD TO WATCH PEOPLE EAT THEM. yes i did cry a lot but he’s in a better place now. he doesn’t have to take pain anymore
im so sorry for u ur in my prayers
where is he now?
Your best friend was a lobster?
@@PatrickPierceBateman the fact that Patrick Bateman is asking this makes it so much funnier
I just witnessed a live murder
Can we do that to this old codger?! 😎
Why is he a codger? Wasn't that a car from the 70s?
@@gakster29 it's a phrase....old codger lol
Anyone in mind??
Love this method. Stabbing them in the brain is way more fun than boiling them.
And it was even more fun when you did this to actual people
This comment is sick
I simply just use a 22.lr to the head
That's is wrong! He is stil alive, after you cut him
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you have to cut to kill it........................
My lobstet kept moving for a 5 to 10 minutes
Bring the water to a full, rolling boil, before putting your lobster in,*head first (especially if it's still alive). And, it's true. We DO have the very best lobster in the world, here in the great state of Maine. (affectionately referred to, as "bugs." by our lobstermen 😉) And, we only use the knife method if we're making baked, stuffed lobster.
There is no conclusive evidence that lobsters can or can’t feel pain, so most people want to kill them instead of boiling them alive.
yeah I'd rather not boil my food alive thanks.
@JaxonDouglas It's both healthier and more moral to minimise the suffering of the things we kill, though. And I'd rather err on the side of humanity and assume that lobsters experience pain, and dispatch them before cooking.
@@fabplays6559 Well said. Some people just revel in cruelty. Makes them feel superior, I guess.
So, something "tasting better" is an excuse for animal cruelty? Yall can fuck right off
Good I don’t want to boiling alive for a lobster 🦞. It’s inhumane.
Horror
California spiny lobster tastes way better .
This guy never kills lobsters right. I don't think he really knows the anatomy. The brain is closer to the front.. closer to the mouth than he thinks it is. He stabs the stomach.
incorrect, the brain for a lobster is a collection of nerves grouped together per segment. there is no central brain. it's spread along the entire body.
I just don't eat lobster... They're gross anyway. Did you see that thing? Who in their right mind looks at that thing and thinks "Wow you look delicious!" Yuk....
Ikejime Lobster is the most humane way to dispatch a lobster, not a freezer.
5-10 minutes is not long enough. 30 minutes minimum. They will not freeze in that time.
Not trying to freeze it though
Maybe in your shitty freezer
Freezing isnt the point.
@@cynicalclusterfuck5605 They will not be chilled enough in 5-10 minutes to be anesthetized. Will this satisfy your pedantry?
Why does it matter, they are food .......ya'll cry about animals y'all eat and how they die but not actual human beings dying and going hungry and all types of heinous shit that happens to them 😑 just do what's right for you and stop trying to guilt people
Simple. Animals are no different from humans. In fact humans are animals. That is not an opinion, but an objective truth. Nothing makes humans more unique or valuable than any other animal. That's just something people tell themselves to make themselves feel special.
Sure, people need to eat. People want to eat delicious things. I want to eat delicious things. But it is so very easy to just not be a dick about it. Just minimize whatever suffering you can, don't be an asshole just because you wanna be lazy.
I love this guy but this is incorrect information.
Jon Fatigate how so?
What part of it do you think is incorrect?
This is just wrong
Why
Yeah, those are sooo humane.. It's not more different than putting them in headfirst in boiling water...
Really? You think having a large knife slammed through your brain splitting in half and killing you in a fraction of a second would be just as painful and cause as much suffering as dropping you into a vat of boiling water? Think again there dumbass.
yeah man it's way different than putting them in boiling water 😂😂
Why you people scared to kill a lobster . It’s more pity to kill a cow and the pig than the lobster . Coz you can their pain . 🤣🤣🤣🤣
No, you slowly slowly kill the lobster by putting it in the freezer,
Just kill it right away
the freezer is to make it safer. it slows down the lobster
that is CRUEL ! when it dies its soul will think its still alive and wander the place not knowing.
Souls do not exist. The reason we think and feel is because of electrical impulses travelling through our neurons in our brains. When we die, these electrical impulses stop. Lobsters do not have brains, but they do have a nervous system. Once this lobster died, it did not "wander" anywhere thinking it was still alive, it could not think at all because it is dead.
@@fabplays6559 it was a joke... jesus.. I MEAN goodness me. . yes there are no souls and there are no gods and there are no spirits.
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Absolutely NOT scientifically correct! Horror for the animal, shame for the food, that will be more stressmeat. Sad video.
um this is murder. the poor lobster can’t be happy. there my best friends and there just trying to find happiness. don’t people stab them. and it’s not ok anymore. #lobster4life
For fuck sakes, I don't give a shit how it's "dispatched".....I just want it on my plate and to enjoy it. And for all the whiney ass commentors on here who humanize every creature nowadays; don't eat lobster...problem solved. Thank you Walt Disney.
this. i say the same for the humans i cook. when did people get so whiny?