My boyfriend has just brought home a lobster to eat

[heatherd1409]

but i don't want to kill it. He says they give it something that makes them stay alive but not feel any pain before you kill it but I want to know if there's any way I can keep it alive and maybe put him back in the sea or something. Please help asap!! x

[hc4361]

Take it to the sea as soon as possible.

[Barmaid]

Don't be daft.

just stick it in the freezer for about 3 hours. Then boil up a big pan of water and drop it in. Lobster won't feel a thing, but it's gorgeous.

[humbersloop]

I wouldn't bother to freeze it myself, straight in the boiling water

[Tilly2]

Fill the bath, put lots of salt in it, put the lobster in the bath overnight, take the lobster back to the sea tomorrow.

[heatherd1409]

but now i've seen it moving I don't want to eat it, if I put it in the sea will i survive? I live very close so I can put it there but don't want it to die for no reason (if it's going to die anyway I will eat it) but just want to know if it's too late to save it.

[heatherd1409]

will that work is salt water the same as sea water?

[woofgang]

If its moving its worth a try but go now, tonight.

[humbersloop]

its too late

you have to kill it to eat it, not wait for it to peg out after a lingering death

get the pan on

[Kiki-frog]

Where do you live, Heather? If you're by the sea, then leg it down to the shoreline and chuck it in. If not, do what Barmaid says.

[dzug2]

Depends if the sea near you is suitable for it. If it's outside its area it will probably die anyway.

[Barmaid]

Who knows if it will live. It's been caught in a lobster pot, landed, kept out of water, brought home to you. My view is, its unlikely. What the heck was your BF doing bring home a live lobster if you were going to react like that?

[heatherd1409]

In cornwall so I'm literally a 2 minute walk from the sea but I don't know if it will just die in the sea because it's all doped up now.

[Mamyalynne]

Let him deal with it.

[ChuckFickens]

Some butter lemon and garlic may help it (only after it's been in the pan though)

[Prudie]

You'd have to get the right proportions of salt to water to equate it to seawater. Was it locally caught? Lobster is one of my favourite foods but I can understand how you feel.

[sunny-dave]

I am just chortling at 'Latest Posts' which currently says :

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[heatherd1409]

He didn't know i would be such a baby, it was supposed be a treat which I have ruined.

[Barmaid]

I think it has already started to shut down. My view is cook it. At least then you can be assured it had a quick death. Freeze it for 2-3 hours first though.

[Barmaid]

pmsl Sunny dave

[humbersloop]

hang on, I've never knowingly cooked a drugged lobster - when did that start?