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Ärende: PARRANO CHEESE 79
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 GJ> I don't think we are all that special in not eating each other.  As we
 GJ> are social animals, like packs of dogs, it is part of our survival
 GJ> that we don't attack other members of the group to any greater extent
 GJ> than that necessary for maintaining quality of leadership.

Yes, but our specialness lies in our not tending to eat each other
(other than cannibals) when we've died and become meat. Dogs and
insects are perfectly happy to get what nourishment they can.

 GJ> Cannibal societies don't normally eat other members of their own group
 GJ> (except ceremonially, as a mark of respect to the deceased), but after
 GJ> a battle with the opposition, they have no compunction in consuming
 GJ> the casualties.

I was under the impression that most cannibal societies
consumed human flesh only ceremonially even when dealing
with their enemies.

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      Title: The Most Humane Way to Kill a Lobster
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  The lobster's blood, or life fluid, flows almost randomly through the
  body spaces...Any large incision made in the shell allows the liquid
  to drain out (it forms a pale blue clot); the lobster then slowly
  suffocates because the main function of this fluid is to transport
  oxygen around to body tissues. Thus, plunging a knife between the
  eyes is slow suffocation, as is plunging a knife in the back where
  tail joins chest. This last is not only slow suffocation, but, worse,
  it severs the intestine, dumping its contents over the tail meat. The
  only knife work that can be effective is plunging it in  inch across
  the underside, close to the chest; this severs the spinal cord and
  kills the lobster, as well as draining out its life fluid.

  Many humanitarians, including for a while the International Society
  for the Protection of Animals, have been under the delusion that
  setting lobsters in cold water and bringing them slowly to the boil
  was the kindest treatment. NO! This, again, is slow suffocation
  plus death by drowning.

  The most humane way to deal with live lobsters is to plunge them head
  first and upside down into boiling water. Since their circulatory
  functions are centered at the back of the head, they die within a few
  seconds. Then, if you are to cut up the lobsters before proceeding to
  cooking, remove them in about a minute, when limp. Otherwise,
  continue to boil them for the amount of time specified in the recipe.

  Beat This!
  by Ann Hodgman
  ISBN 1-881527-21-2
  pg 129-130

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