How to boil a lobster while living is prohibited, how to kill a lobster gently?

byGarry Knight

So far it was recognized that crustaceans such as lobsters did not feel pain like an animal "cooked with boiling water while boiling" cooking method was taken, but "crushed invertebrates Recognition of how an animal feels pain "has recently changed, and on January 10, 2018 (Wednesday, January 10, 2018), protection provisions in Switzerland" Lobsters to cook after fainting " It was decided. How can you handle lobsters in a friendly way? It becomes matter of concern, but this point is explained by an animal welfare organization in Australia.

What's the kindest way to kill a lobster? - BBC News
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42647341

Invertebrates have only a simple nervous system unlike mammals, so far it was thought that they do not "recognize pain" like an animal. But,As research progresses, Invertebrates are not simply reacting reflexively to pain, but it is becoming to be thought that they are acting by remembering pain and evaluating their own senses. It is said that the experimental result that Hermit crabs which were given electric stimulation many times remained away from the shell, while crabs which were not given electrical stimulus kept staying in their shells.

However, the pain signs of crustaceans are not necessarily easy for humans to understand. Therefore, crustaceans are often excluded from subjects of animal welfare.

Some of the recipes of lobster dishes "put into live lobster from the beginning of the hot water, please be boiled for 15 minutes," but you also described is seen more like that, from the progress of scientific research, such methods are reviewed It is getting. On January 10, 2018, the Swiss government has announced a review of the animal protection regulations, we established a rule that prohibits the cooking method that boil in hot water alive shellfish, including lobster.

Lobster makes cooked after fainting, Switzerland prescribes protection provisions
https://jp.reuters.com/article/lobster-idJPKBN1F008C


From a humanitarian point of view, when cooking crustaceans, it is necessary to faint or to kill in an instant before actual death. However, crabs and shrimps are more difficult to "kill in a flash" than fish. Lobster and other nervous systems are dispersed and can not be stunned with a single knife.

Therefore, the charity of animal welfare "RSPCA AustraliaThis is the way to kill a lobster kindly recommended by this.

◆ Give lethal electrical stimulation to crustaceans "CrustaStunUse a machine like
However, CrustaStun's price is as high as $ 3400 (about 380,000 yen), so it seems difficult to introduce it at home.


◆ Cool the crustacean with cold air or ice slurry (sherbet-like ice) with salt water / fresh water for more than 20 minutes before cooking

◆ Kill faintly crustaceans mechanically, kill as fast as possible
It is recommended to insert a knife along the bottom and center lines of crustaceans. Of course, you can put a knife against crime shells that are not fainted, but it is better to have a fainting if you are an amateur because it takes a few seconds even by an adept person.

◆ Use an anesthetic for water fish "AQUI-S"
Using AQUI - S, you can kill without pain or stress.

On the contrary, the way to kill should be avoided as follows.

byFrank Lindecke

◆ Live, boil it in a state with sensation
It is not recommended to put it in hot water, or to heat the pan after putting it in the state of water.

◆ First do not destroy the nervous system, remove the tail from the chest
It is said that this should be avoided even if lobsters are out of sync.

◆ Cut the conscious state lobster

◆ Use of microwave ovens and drowning