Originally Posted by
nerd
There's probably more variation in other factors that dwarf the life-ending method.
But I would be willing to do more taste tests!
I am all for taste testing.
It would be hard to do a scientific test as to the tenderness of the muscle in a comfort/sudden death vs a shocking death. with before and after results.
I know that the traditional Asian method of emptying the lobster's bladder by inserting a single chopstick into the tail does produce less desirable tail meat base on a test of 14 with the sampling at half of each "method".