Tag: kitchen ethics


  • Lobster Boiling Ethics: Plunging a Live Lobster Into Boiling Water

    Lobster Boiling Ethics: Plunging a Live Lobster Into Boiling Water

    Introduction: The question that divides kitchens and dinner tables Good cooking often sits at the intersection of tradition, taste, and ethics. The long‑standing practice of dropping a live lobster into boiling water has sparked debate for decades. Some recount it as a simple, customary act; others call it inhumane and insist on gentler, more humane…

  • The Lobster Lunch Dilemma: A Writer’s Provocative Act and the Family Fallout

    The Lobster Lunch Dilemma: A Writer’s Provocative Act and the Family Fallout

    Introduction: A dinner, a dare, a moral rift What begins as a simple lobster lunch can quickly become a thorny ethical discussion. In a recent account, a writer describes plunging a live lobster into boiling water, an act that stunned family members and ignited a debate about how we treat animals in the kitchen. The…