Vegetarians, turn away!

[Jester]

So I;m watching one of my favorite food shows, "Man v. Food" on the Travel Channel. Awesome show if you haven't seen it (and you are a foodie and/or glutton for punishment--especially somebody else's). And I had an amusing moment.

At one point, in a place that serves great crawfish, they showed a whole pot of fresh live crawfish being put into the pot of boiling liquid. And out of the blue, clear as day, this came to my mind:

"I feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced."

Yes, I am a sick puppy. I can't help it. But admit it....it is hilarious! And I guarantee the next time you have yourself a crawfish boil, you will think of this!

[draggar]

*lol*

(filler)

[strawbabies]

I love eating crawfish and lobster. After watching lots of shows on how to prepare them at home, I know I just can't do it. At least at a restaurant, I can fool myself into believing my food was never a living creature.

And yes, Jester, you are a sick puppy.

[AdminAssistant]

Crawdaddies are a Southern delicacy I have yet to try, mostly because there's work involved in eating them and they look kind of creepy. But apparently, they taste amazing and it's some of the only really fresh 'seafood' we can get at home.

[sportsmom]

I love Man vs. Food. He goes to some cool places.

My hubby looked up one of the places he went to in Chicago and we went there last time we were in Chicago. Hubby's a food nerd and we've been to a few places that have been featured on tv shows, though.

[AdminAssistant]

Hubby's a food nerd and we've been to a few places that have been featured on tv shows, though.

I read recently that one of my favorite KC restaurants made Anthony Bourdain's "13 Places to Eat Before You Die" list. It made me very happy, because it's a BBQ joint usually ignored by the folks at Food Network. Well that, and now I can say that I've eaten at a place that Anthony Bourdain has.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

The story made me think of the Japanese version of "Iron Chef". They've had a few shows where the special ingredient was alive.

My favorite was one where they were cooking crab. I remember Chef Michiba taking the live crab out and just viciously chopping them in half and throwing them into a huge pot of water. The camera would pan back to the pot, where one of the legs hanging out of the pot would occasionally twitch...

I couldn't bring myself to watch the episode with the turtles.

[Gravekeeper]

The story made me think of the Japanese version of "Iron Chef". They've had a few shows where the special ingredient was alive.

Thats happened on the American version too. >.>

Having grown up on an island I swear half of everything we ate at any sort of family get together was not only still alive but waiting in the sink to harm me.

[sportsmom]

I read recently that one of my favorite KC restaurants made Anthony Bourdain's "13 Places to Eat Before You Die" list. It made me very happy, because it's a BBQ joint usually ignored by the folks at Food Network. Well that, and now I can say that I've eaten at a place that Anthony Bourdain has.

We've been to the sandwich place in Chicago, and a few places that have been on "Diners, Drive Ins and Dives". There's one in the city where I work, so I've actually been there a couple of times. I almost went to a BBQ place that was on "Throwdown" when I was home, but I didn't get there. Maybe next time.

[Sheldonrs]

"I feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced."

"Use the sauce, Luke"

[Mnemjian]

Urk... went to a crawfish boil last 4th of July at a friends house. You don't see that sort of thing too often in San Diego. I hear the really cool southern thing to do is to pull the tail off, eat the meat out of that, and then to suck the brains and other entrails out through the torso? Yum! Apparently the brains are salty (didn't go there). I was also too weak to pull off the tails myself so I gave up pretty fast. Still it was the first time that most people there including myself had seen their food alive. Especially alive together in one huge, writhing mass. Really makes you think

Man vs. Food is a great show, though! The bf can't stand it unfortunately. He's jealous of Adam's mad eatin skills.

[FuzzyKitten99]

I love eating crawfish and lobster. After watching lots of shows on how to prepare them at home, I know I just can't do it. At least at a restaurant, I can fool myself into believing my food was never a living creature.

And yes, Jester, you are a sick puppy.

Lobster tails frozen are going for $17/lb here in the Land of 10k lakes... prices are going down fast due to costs of going to get the lobster are more than what fishermen are getting per pound.


Try buying the tails that are already detached from the body. Makes it less creepy. Then try grilling the tail in-shell, split down the middle beforehand, instead of boiling it.

I had never cooked lobster myself until Steve bought two small tails, and a couple filet mingon steaks and asked me to make a 'surf & turf'.

When I told him I had never even touched a lobster tail (my ex hubby hated all fish, so i just never bought any), let alone knew how to cook one, he said "Figure it out... i trust you"

So I decided to grill the tails, in-shell, right with the steaks... I basted the tails with lemonade mixed with garlic & onion powder, then sprinkled a little paprika on them.

Steve said they were better than he had ever had, even better than Oceanaire's and even Manny's. Combine the lobster and steak, plus the bottle of wine we had, the meal's total cost was about $70 for both of us. Oceanaire and Manny's would have been roughly $350+.

[AccountingDrone]

The story made me think of the Japanese version of "Iron Chef". They've had a few shows where the special ingredient was alive.

My favorite was one where they were cooking crab. I remember Chef Michiba taking the live crab out and just viciously chopping them in half and throwing them into a huge pot of water. The camera would pan back to the pot, where one of the legs hanging out of the pot would occasionally twitch...

I couldn't bring myself to watch the episode with the turtles.

there was one with some octopus where one got out of the tank and was on the floor making a break for it ... I always hoped he got away.

[AdminAssistant]

I hear the really cool southern thing to do is to pull the tail off, eat the meat out of that, and then to suck the brains and other entrails out through the torso? Yum!

It is. My BIL is an expert at it. I would try a crawdad, if someone else would take it apart for me. But sucking brains...um, no thank you.

[FuzzyKitten99]

It is. My BIL is an expert at it. I would try a crawdad, if someone else would take it apart for me. But sucking brains...um, no thank you.

Reminds me of the Simpson's Treehouse of Horror where the zombies are going around saying "Brains...Brains! We need brains..."
When they get to Homer they look him over and take a pass on him, lol!