Lobster again!!

What is the most humane way to cook lobsters?
None of the above!
Contrary to claims made by seafood sellers, lobsters do feel pain, and they suffer immensely when they are cut, broiled, or boiled alive.
Most scientists agree that a lobster’s nervous system is quite sophisticated. For example, neurobiologist Tom Abrams says lobsters have "a full array of senses." Jelle Atema, a marine biologist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., and one of the country’s leading experts on lobsters, says, "I personally believe they do feel pain."
Lobsters may even feel more pain than we would in similar situations. One popular food magazine recently suggested cutting live lobsters in half before tossing them on the grill (a recipe that’s "not for the squeamish," the magazine warned), and more than one chef has been known to slice and dice lobsters before cooking them. But, says invertebrate zoologist Jaren G. Horsley, "The lobster does not have an autonomic nervous system that puts it into a state of shock when it is harmed. It probably feels itself being cut. ... I think the lobster is in a great deal of pain from being cut open ... [and] feels all the pain until its nervous system is destroyed" during cooking.
Don’t heat up the water just yet, though. Anyone who has ever boiled a lobster alive can attest that, when dropped into scalding water, lobsters whip their bodies wildly and scrape the sides of the pot in a desperate attempt to escape. In the journal Science, researcher Gordon Gunter described this method of killing lobsters as "unnecessary torture."
In fact, after looking at a dozen methods commonly used to kill and cook lobsters, Massachusetts’ Coalition to End Animal Suffering and Exploitation concluded that none "provides a reliably quick or painless death" or can be "considered humane or even relatively humane."

What is Consumer's Preference for Lobster?
74% of consumers prefer to eat lobster in a restaurant
• 64% would be likely to buy lobster meat if it was cooked and picked from the shell
• 62% think lobster is good for you
• 50% don’t know how to cook a live lobster
• 67% are NOT encouraged to buy lobster when they see them in a live tank
93% will pay more for a really special ingredient for a meal

How to cook lobster at home?

Boiling a Lobster - Boiling a lobster is the easiest way to cook lobster.

Steaming a Lobster - Steamed Lobster is the preferred method by restaurants.

Stuffed Lobster - Try this recipe for Baked Stuffed Lobster. You'll Love it.

Grilled Lobster - Summer time is the best time for delicious Grilled Lobster.

What wine goes with lobster and why ?
A food can exagerate or diminish the flavor of a wine. And wine can dominate even a rich dish. Food and wine should combine to contribute to each other.

A red wine has tannins while there is almost no tannin in white wine. Tannic wines are not suitable for delicate and/or salty dishes as they will kill the subtle flavor of the food. Lobster is a delicate and flavorful dish. Therefore lobster needs a white wine to go with. But not the typical dry white wine we use to drink with fish. It needs indeed intense aromas but has to be delicate and subtle.

These white wines combine well with lobster:

- Alsace's Riesling

- Bordeaux' Graves (white wine)

- Burgundy's Chablis, Pouilly Fuissé and Meursault

- Rhone's Hermitage (white wine)

Sweet white wine can also be a good match. Wine shouldn't be too sweet or too fat.