Food Glorious Food: Food, Foodies, Farmers Market and Handmade Food Renaissance

On tuesday, two or so weeks ago i went to Z lounge with my friends, they have daily specials there for food and i noticed that Friday is a lobster special which was cheap at only 21$.  I got really enthusiastic about coming back on friday and persuaded my friends to go to try it out, lobster is almost a delicacy and for cheap it seemed like a bargain. At about that time we began reading “Consider the Lobster” by David Foster Wallace, and when friday came around i read  only half of the essay he wrote not entirely reaching the part about how lobsters get boiled alive. so unknowingly i return to Z lounge that friday, sit down and order my lobster, when it arrives it is cut open down the middle of its stomach and laying on its back.  To begin with it already wasn’t a pleasant sight, the lobster you see as a whole not just a piece of meat like chicken or steak so you feel slightly disturbed by eating it already.  In addition, you have to crack the lobsters claws to get the meat out, its kinda like cracking bones, you have to put a good amount of force into it, and this is all while it lays on its back almost staring you down helplessly, i felt like a hyena or something tearing apart the animal. After eating the lobster i wasnt entirely satisfied, i dont eat lobster often at all and i really expected it to taste better.  The next morning i finished reading the article and found out that lobsters actually get boiled alive and there is a good chance that they are suffering by getting treated so. After the combination of both experiences i think i will refrain from eating lobster from now on, both the visual and intellectual knowledge makes eating the lobster not at all appealing even if it is for a cheap price. Im a chicken kinda guy anyhow. =D