is this totally unfeasible?
is this totally unfeasible?
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is this totally unfeasible?
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Post #1 - January 12th, 2009, 3:58 amHey,
I was just curious, can u buy live lobsters and then put them in a fish tank in your home so that you can eat them whenever you want fresh? Has anyone done this?
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Post #2 - January 12th, 2009, 4:06 amyou need a chilled tank. go buy this one:
http://newyork.craigslist.org/wch/bfs/977812111.html
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Post #3 - January 12th, 2009, 7:44 amDoesn't it need to be salt water? That's not infeasible, there are plenty of marine fish tank chemicals, but it is a bigger pain in the neck to keep running.
Also, someone here noted that the longer that lobs sit around, the more they're feeding off stored energy, and they lose flavor.What is patriotism, but the love of good things we ate in our childhood?
-- Lin Yutang
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Post #4 - January 12th, 2009, 8:25 amJoelF wrote:Doesn't it need to be salt water? That's not infeasible, there are plenty of marine fish tank chemicals, but it is a bigger pain in the neck to keep running.
Also, someone here noted that the longer that lobs sit around, the more they're feeding off stored energy, and they lose flavor.
Yes, salt water. And yes, sitting around will cause the muscules to atrophy: long tank time = inferior meat:shell ratio and less tender meat. Unless you have a very large tank and plenty of room for the lobster to move around....defended from strong temptations to social ambition by a still stronger taste for tripe and onions." Screwtape in The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
Fuckerberg on Food
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Post #5 - January 12th, 2009, 9:21 amtoo funny, can't tell you how many times on NYE the little guys have lobbied for the lobs to go in the tropical freshwater fishtank at our house....
I say no, they are happier in this big hot tub of spicy water!
Bad mom!
"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home."
~James Michener
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Post #6 - January 12th, 2009, 9:38 amLet's put it this way: I'd bet if it was feasible to farm lobsters outside of the ocean, somebody would be doing it. Googling turned up this really fascinating link: the PEI University Lobster Science Center, they have an ask-a-scientist option if you want specifics. Their FAQs state that each lobster needs 12 square feet of surface area to live, which pretty much cuts out having a living room in Chicagoland.
I love the internet...
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Post #7 - January 13th, 2009, 2:46 amMhays wrote:Let's put it this way: I'd bet if it was feasible to farm lobsters outside of the ocean, somebody would be doing it. Googling turned up this really fascinating link: the PEI University Lobster Science Center, they have an ask-a-scientist option if you want specifics. Their FAQs state that each lobster needs 12 square feet of surface area to live, which pretty much cuts out having a living room in Chicagoland.
I love the internet...
Actually, it has been tried ...
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/ ... 07583.html
