Originally Posted by
YVR Cockroach
Only time I've had the live shrimp was in Japan. Some part of the populace - mostly urbanised - in developed countries have developed a fear of eating foods that they know what the living animal was.
Not an issue for me, since whenever I see a cow, I think of a ribeye. However, while the animal from which my food is from doesn't phase me, I have an issue eating it while it's alive and kicking, e.g., the live shrimp, squirming worms in cheese and that live squid thing in South Korea. I mean, unless it's necessary to close a deal where I personally will be amply compensated ($$ is the great equalizer), it ain't gonna happen.