What kind of SEAFOOD place doesn't have live lobsters?

[draggar]

Draggar, the more I think about it, the more I think the title of your thread (which is the main point to your OP) is rather SC of you.

Don't believe me? Imagine one of your more irritating customers, in that annoying tone they have, saying that exact thing: "What kind of SEAFOOD place doesn't have LIVE lobster?!?!? YOU'VE RUINED OUR CHRISTMAS!!!!"

Okay, a bit of embellishment at the end there, but you get the point.

Don't worry, I didn't even get close to there. I asked about the size of lobsters. They asked if I was looking for tails or meat, I clarified live lobsters, they said they didn't sell them. I said OK, thank you and walked away.

Please elaborate. I'm a veg who is tempted to go back to seafood.

One method is a heavy chef's knife inserted about an inch behind the eyes on the top of the shell then splitting the ad in two, which is instantaneous, the other method is a 15-20 minute chill in the freezer to put them in a sort of suspended animation, then putting them in the boiling water (or steam bath, which is preferable) for 10 seconds.

I usually do the chill method (but leave them in the boiling water to cook). Also, hold them at about a 45 degree angle with their legs in the air and head towards the water and slide them in head first.

I need to also find a place that sells steamer clams. Not little necks, cherrystones, quahogs, mahoganies, I want STEAMERS.

[Solumina]

Oh I had totally thought that you were talking about seafood restaurants, oops. Yeah I would be a little confused by a seafood shop not having a lobster tank, especially since they do apparently sell lobster meat.

[Jester]

And that right there is why I have a not-so-secret crush on Jester

Yeah, you and every other girl who is a thousand miles or more from here, taken, gay, or nuts. Whereas the girls who are available and hold some interest for me seem completely disinterested in anything beyond friendship.

Sorry, that just seems to be my lot lately.

Don't worry, I didn't even get close to there. I asked about the size of lobsters. They asked if I was looking for tails or meat, I clarified live lobsters, they said they didn't sell them. I said OK, thank you and walked away.

Oh, I never said or even thought you were BEING an SC. Just that the title of the thread (and by extension, your train of thought) was itself a bit SCish. I would actually be rather shocked if you had expressed such a sentiment out loud to the prorprietors or staff!