Attempting Soup ... Killing The Lobsters

[joggerjayne]

Yes, really !

I'm having a go.

I've got some carrots and onions cooking in a pan next door.

And ... on the terrace ... I've got 4 live lobsters.

The book says to kill them by stabbing them in the back of the head.

Eeuuwww!

I'm wondering whether to boil them instead.

Just going to check on the onions ...

[ttfn]

jayne! I still have my stick too! Ideal for scooping lobsters out of the pan - drain well they do ;o) Now you have got me remembering my finest moments on the field - and in the local A & E dept LOL. It was a mean game if you dropped your top hand.

[Clanad]

"Similar to insects, the nervous system of a lobster is very simple and neither insects nor lobsters have real brains. Lobsters have a series of 15 nervous ganglia that span the length of the lobster, on the ventral side or belly side, with nerves projecting from each of these ganglia. The first ganglion is the closest thing to a brain. In general, for an organism to perceive pain it must have a complex nervous system. Many scientists that are studying the nervous system of lobsters tell us that they do not process pain. Lobsters don’t have a cerebral cortex, which is where pain is processed in humans or dogs and cats. If they do feel pain, it is most definitely in a different way than humans do. A new study out of Norway concluded that most invertebrates - including lobsters, crabs, worms, snails, slugs and clams - probably don't have the capacity to feel pain..." (Source: Atlantic School of Veterinary Medicine)

[joggerjayne]

** phew ** ^^^

[joggerjayne]

ttfn ...

Along with ethandron, we have the makings of an AB team ... !!

I think a lot of people don't realise what a physical game it is. I used to play Centre, or Third Home (cos I was quite fit in those days).

I still have my old sticks, too. From Hattersley's (naturally, LOL)

Just a few weeks ago, I got Hattersley's to supply two new sticks for my friends' daughter. They're mostly titanium or carbon fibre shafts now, but the pockets still have adjustable leather thongs (and the umpires still do a "stick check" before the game), and the girls still braid or plait the thongs to make their sticks look cool. Some things will never change (hopefully).

[redman41]

Ideal for bashing the Lobsters with JJ ! lol

[ttfn]

Those balls were hard though jayne. Big Sis went to a different school and played hockey - pah, whimps game! The smell of linseed oil on them each season. Once I had secured my stick in the tennis racket holder on my racing raleigh bike it looked like a windshield fit enough to stop seagulls only (sorry jayne). A few times I was in goal - but found it was far more efficient to act menacing in that position and scare off the opposition before they ever got a shot in. Natural non-good looks can be a blessing at times. otherwise I played a mean attack. All of it well before the days of helmets for goalies so I used to aim as high in the net as possible ;o)

[ttfn]

p.s. how is the soup coming along?

[joggerjayne]

I've just "done" the lobsters.

I had turned ot off, and the onions all went cold and gunky.

The damn things keep MOVING after you cut them in half !!!!

It's like SO weird !!

I wish I'd never started this soup.

So, OMG ttfn ... you played a few times in the most dangerous position in all of sport ...

... LaX goalie !

Were you NUTS or something ?????

[ttfn]

Was and still am, proud to say jayne. Anyone who knows me will never dare me to do anything because they know I probably will ;o)
Well look on the bright side - at least the soup will be self-stirring!

[boxtops]

Brunnhilde with a lacrosse stick.... scary..... ;-)

[ttfn]

Believe it boxy!

[boxtops]

Lacrosse stick in one hand, Bosun in the other, and the breastplates - spectacular (sorry JJ!)

[joggerjayne]

No matter how much padding a LaX goalie gets to wear ...

... it's not enough.

[ttfn]

Never thought of it that way before - perhaps that is how we beat the gotterdammerung out of Godolphin

[joggerjayne]

Godolphin ... OMG, just SO St Trinians !

[ttfn]

The supporters from the host school were walking around on a sunny day wearing their hooded capes. To be fair though I think my school looked like the St Trinians bus load!

[joggerjayne]

Do you think The Ed would add Lacrosse to the list of sports in the "Sport" section ?

[ttfn]

No - that would be lax of him imho

[joggerjayne]

LOL, LOL ...

Very good, ttfn.

But it would save us from Cricket for the next few weeks !

[ttfn]

Actually I enjoy cricket too jayne. Update on the soup please - are you preparing for a dinner party - 4 lobsters seem quite a serving?