Fish, Crabs And Craw Fishes

Animals with still much unexplored brain power face many struggles in captivity. In ‘Consider the Lobster’ Walace explain the process of getting the lobster to its fate of being cooked alive. This process is similar to the one of capturing orcas from the wild and keeping them in unnaturally small spaces. On page 5 Walace says “If you’re tilting it from a container into the steaming kettle the lobster will sometimes try to cling to the container’s sides or even to hook its claws over the kettle’s rim like a person trying to keep from going over the edge of a roof.” This explains the lobsters struggle in a container, from which it’s crammed against other lobsters, and its attempt to stay away from the boiling water.

With this being said, Wallace discusses alternative ways to cook a lobster while maintaining the same maximum freshness as boiling one alive. Some people prefer to practice a method that uses a sharp knife that gets driven right between a lobster's eye sockets with expectation of quickly killing the lobster. This method has some problems that many people do not know about. Wallace tells us, " the problem with the knife method is basic biology: Lobsters' nervous systems operate off not one but several ganglia, a.k.a. nerve bundles, which are sort of wired in series and distributed all along the lobster underside, from stem to stern.

Off the Bay of Penobscot lays the nerve stem of the lobster industry positioned in the state’s mid-coast region, the world’s largest lobster festival takes place highlighting the area’s top delicacy, and the beauty tourists travel for. David Foster Wallace’s “Consider the Lobster” article is a persuasive article that uses Logical, Emotional, and Ethical appeals to sway the reader his way supported by facts to add credibility to his point of view. David starts off painting a beautiful image about the Maine Lobster Festival, and he turns on the microscope on the poor Lobster and what it goes through appealing to the reader emotionally. With his facts appealing rationally and questioning the reader through the ethically through the credibility

Crawfish are delicious crustaceans that closely resemble lobsters. Many people consider crawfish to be as delicious as lobsters, which is why these crustaceans are harvested all over the world. In the U.S., crawfish are closely associated with the haute cuisine and culture of Louisiana. In fact, crawfish are the official crustacean of the state. I normally prefer to harvest or purchase crawfish on the day I intend to cook them. However, many people prefer to purchase and eat them later but do not know how to keep crawfish alive in a sack or container for several days before finally preparing and eating them. Fortunately, I will provide you with some tips on how I keep my crawfish fresh and healthy

The meat is richer and more substantial than most fish, its taste subtle compared to marine gaminess of mussels and clams”

Add approximately 2 oz of our Louisiana Fish Fry Crawfish and Crab seasoning mix per pound of live crawfish. For extra spice, consider adding a 1/2 tablespoon of liquid crab boil per pound of crawfish. Add salt and halved lemons to suit your taste. Stir, cover pot, and ignite burner.

Lobstering is in my blood. It is what supports my family and most of my town. I have been doing it my whole life i’ve had a lobster license since i was 8 years old which is as young as you can get one. I love summer just for lobstering season plus I like the money outcome. I hate school starting the most because it tires me out because I play football everyday except sundays and some saturdays so i have to wake up early and haul on my days off from school.

Along with the juices, there is a yellow substance, or the "fat" which is the most prized. Hardcore Cajuns actually pinch the head a little as they suck, to savor every last drop. Cajuns being Cajuns and not astacologists (crawfish biologists), called it fat at some point in time. This very rich and super flavorful "fat" is really the hepatopancreatic tissue, which functions as the primary energy storage organ within the crawfish.

Central Coast is comprised of 6 counties. Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Benito, Monterrey, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Cruz. Santa Barbara is mainly mountainous or hilly. The highest peak point is the Junipero Peak at 5862 feet and is in the Santa Lucia Mountain Range. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife banned fishing in the central coast back in 2014 due to the drought. The cause for the banning of fishing is because the local fish such as the steelhead and the Coho were deemed to be endangered and in risk of possible extinction. This ban has not been lifted. The rivers that are affected by this ban are: Pescadero Creek, the San Lorenzo River and all its tributaries, Aptos and Soquel creeks, the Pajaro River, the Carmel River, the

Lobsters used to be categorized as low class food because there were so many lobsters in old New England that one source described it with "unbelievable abundance". On the other hand, in modern days, lobsters are thought to be a type of luxury food due to their richness in meat. The most conventional method to cook a lobster is to boil it. You put the lobster into a large kettle and boil it for about 10 minutes. Keep in mind that the lobster has to be alive when it is initially put into the kettle to maintain its freshness.

Aside from butterflies, we have the Northern Beach Tiger beetle which is a tiny, sand colored beetle that lives on sandy beaches throughout the middle and lower Chesapeake Bay (Chesapeake Bay Program).

Warren's Lobster House is located on the southern tip of Maine's coast and serves the freshest seafood, lobster and fish. The family-friendly restaurant also has chicken, steak and other seafood available. Warren's Lobster House is a destination restaurant perched on top of wood pilings above the waters of the Piscataqua River. It's located on US 1 and has been open since 1940.

However this is very unfortunate for local fisherman because the over abundance of lobsters is hurting their job opportunities due to cheap prices per pound. In 2012 the Maine lobster industry set a record of their biggest year for lobster fishing at 126 million pounds of lobster caught. This lowered the boat price to just $3.72 per pound. For comparison in recent years lobsters has sold for more that $14 dollars a pound. This is the lowest price since the Great Depression. Even with the abundance of Maine Lobsters there are still regulations. You are not allowed to keep a lobster if it is pregnant or bigger 3-1/4 inches in length.

Most people don’t think twice about the fact that a lobster should be alive when they boil it. Because of this, Wallace prompts the reader to question whether it is morally right to boil a creature while it is still living simply for his or her own pleasure. Although the famous animal protection group, PETA, boycotts the cooking of lobster, many people believe that lobsters do not possess the part of the brain that can process pain. Wallace counters these beliefs with facts showing that, although finding the specific thought process of the creature requires complicated analyzing, a pot of boiling water is most certainly not a place where a lobster would want to go. Most lobster eaters prefer to abstain from thinking about such things. Continuing, Wallace admits that he himself believes animals are less important than humans and it is that way for selfish reasons. Wallace concludes by prompting the reader to ponder on the subject of the morality of eating other animals and whether or not it is something they should continue

Lobsters are the freshest food source that there is and this is why they have such a high appeal. They are taken straight from the water and they are kept alive even as they are put into the boiling hot water. This treatment of animals is just wrong. It is absolutely wrong. David Foster Wallace, the author of “Consider the Lobster”, states, “the lobster…behaves very much as you or I would behave if we were plunged into boiling water” (506). We would not place a human into boiling hot water, alive or at all, so why must we do that to animals? It is a wrong and inhumane thing for us to do to other living creatures that share this world with us.