I’ll be safe, and eat them the way that’s recommended. And legal. And obvious if you’re around the eating of shellfish.
Lobsters, crabs, shrimp and other molluscs cannot be eaten if they are dead before you cook them.
They have lots of bacteria that will explode in proliferation, and these are toxic and will release poisons.
You don’t want to get sick off of shellfish. It’s awful. I had a bad oyster once.
Here in Southern Maryland we had a restaurant that had a crab catcher. It was dominated by the biggest crab they could find, and had a few small ones, and a TERRIBLE claw mechanism.
You could win money, the crab was only a gimmick, but they’d steam that bugger for you if you wanted.
They took it down because nobody would clean it right but the owner and he got sick of it. Additionally, like the Gordon Ramsey show lobster tank, it was gotten rid of in a bid to upgrade the restaurant.
So, those that object to the boiling alive cooking method should only stick to fish for their seafood. Probably no octopus or squid, either.
My stupid 2 cents
