Quote: zooo @ March 30 2009, 6:05 PM BSTMy sandwich looked NOTHING like that!
I always laugh when I'm in the UK and see sandwiches advertised as "deep-filled." I know what a deep-filled sandwich is supposed to look like. 
(The few times I've purchased said sandwiches in the UK they've always contained approximately 1 thimbleful of meat/cheese.)
Haha!
Yeah, it must be a bit of a shock.
Quote: zooo @ March 30 2009, 6:09 PM BSTA nice dignified English sandwich.
You should visit a Texas BBQ joint sometime. The "plate" is a sheet of butcher paper and the only utensils are your fingers. Mmmmm.
Quote: zooo @ March 30 2009, 6:12 PM BSTHaha!
Yeah, it must be a bit of a shock.
To be honest, those monster sandwiches are really just attention grabbers. Most non-touristy-deli sandwiches are of a more reserved stature.
Am I missing a sandwich discussion?!
I did wonder where you were!
Quote: Leevil @ March 30 2009, 6:44 PM BSTAm I missing a sandwich discussion?!
Even odder. One not featuring Ellie.
Quote: zooo @ March 30 2009, 6:50 PM BSTI did wonder where you were!
Happy now Leevil? Your absence was noted
Sandwiches rock! Boots and M&S make the best ones.
Wild rocket and crayfish, mmm. Although the way they kill them makes me think twice.
I once remember going on hols with a mate who used to cook his seafood live. It was in the tent I discovered the stupid sod used to start them off in cold water and warm it up.
Quote: SlagA @ March 30 2009, 6:59 PM BSTWild rocket and crayfish, mmm. Although the way they kill them makes me think twice.
I once remember going on hols with a mate who used to cook his seafood live. It was in the tent I discovered the stupid sod used to start them off in cold water and warm it up.
I thought that was an old lobster trick so they don't scream as they go in - the idea being as the temperature change is so gradual, they don't notice until it's too late.
Well, heard it used loads as an analogy on how the Nazi's gradually persecuted their victims more and more
* is this a strange joke Aaron's put in where analo gy comes out as analoguey?
Edited by Aaron - sorted, Guv'na.
Quote: Rob0 @ March 30 2009, 7:03 PM BSTthe idea being as the temperature change is so gradual, they don't notice until it's too late.
What would they do if they did notice the temperature change? 
Evidently the sermons were wrong: Guess still emits the sound though.
What about the "scream" that lobsters sometime emit when dropped in the boiling water? There's the problem that lobsters have no throat, no vocal cords, no lungs, so how could they scream at all? The fact is that the noise is caused by air trapped in the shell. When heated it expands and forces itself out through small gaps, causing the sound.
And this is why I won't eat lobster.
Quote: Rob0 @ March 30 2009, 7:10 PM BSTEvidently the sermons were wrong
The screaming bit, yep. But not the pain bit. That reference you quote is generally good but this: "But lobsters do not have these nerve pathways and brain regions (they don't have a real brain at all). In other words, no brain, no pain."
Too sweeping a last sentence. Lobsters do have a central nerve centre, small but very present. Recent research shows they react to electric shock, retain memory of those shocks, and move out of the area. So it's safe to say some central processing is occurring, along with some basic perception of time and what feels unpleasant. Strong reaction to unpleasant sensation indicates something, rather than nothing, is being sensed - whether a brain in a cranium is present, or otherwise.
That's why I don't eat lobster these days, too, Rube. Especially if it's in a tank in the restuarant. I'd rather watch them in the tank, than on my plate.
Seafood is disgusting anyway.