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Boiling lobsters while they are alive and conscious will be banned as part of a government strategy to improve animal welfare in England.

Government ministers say that “live boiling is not an acceptable killing method” for crustaceans and alternative guidance will be published.

The practice is already illegal in Switzerland, Norway and New Zealand. Animal welfare charities say that stunning lobsters with an electric gun or chilling them in cold air or ice before boiling them is more humane.

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[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Oysters have made the switch between poor people food and rich people food quite a few times. Tuna has made the switch in my lifetime. It probably has something to do with how easy they are to harvest/catch when plentiful versus the results of overfishing, and how delicate the food is in the supply chain.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 18 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Bacon also, it used to be cheap as fuck. Same with chicken wings. Two of the cheapest parts of the animal, now magically nearly the most expensive.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Its both here, cooking bacon is the cheapest boneless meat I have ever seen per weight. But you can also get pretty fancy expensive bacon choices too.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Pork chops are cheaper than bacon.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 hour ago

They aren't here. At least not the cheapest bacon.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

what are you talking about. bacon and chicken wings are cheap. almost every other desirable cut of pig/chicken is more expensive. chicken wings are often 1-2 dollars a lb.

[–] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

At my grocery store, pork tenderloin and chicken wings are $6/lb, and pork shoulder or chicken breasts are $3/lb. Bacon starts at $5/lb for the scraps.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

where i live chicken breasts are 8 dollars a lb. bacon is like 5 bucks for really nice stuff. chicken wings are 2 bucks. thighs are 6 dollars. pork tenderloin is 9.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Where are you getting wings that cheap? They're usually like $3-4 a lb in the south and bacon is usually $6+ a lb...only if you grab it in bulk does bacon go down to like $3.50ish and you're buying the rejection stuff that doesn't look pretty but still tastes fine.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

the grocery store.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 4 points 20 hours ago

There's a theory that carbonara used to be a "war time" food.