If you want to taste your lobster in true American style, then you have to cook
it alive and be careful of the time over which it is being boiled. However you
can find different opinions with regard to the ideal boiling time of lobsters
in different states. In average the boiling time is fifteen or twenty minutes
for large lobsters and ten for small. The ideal boiling process involves
plunging the lobster into boiling water and to continue boiling until it is
tender. Cooking lobster for too long makes it tough and dry and its delicate
aroma gets destroyed.
"
Boiling lobster
In order to boil your lobster, you will need a large pot with a lid.
Pour enough water in the pot to cover the lobster completely.
Add 2 tablespoons of sea salt for every 2 litres (4 pints) of water.
Bring the water to a fierce boil.
Grasp the LIVE lobster behind the claws and drop it headfirst into the
boiling water."
http://www.helpwithcooking.com/seafood-shellfish/how-to-cook-lobster.html
Priyankoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When I was in Hyderabad, I got infamous
with my stories of dog-eating (which is partly true :) ). One fine morning I
find a bunch of girls for the ladies' hostel outside my door, inquiring if I
have seen a puppy that used to frequent their hostel.
My Assamese and other NE friends in Hyderabad University used to always
request me to stay back whenever I visited them during the summer vacation
saying "Aji thaki ja..rati sikaroloi goi mangso anim"
The Hyderabad Univ campus always saw a sharp drop in the number of stray dogs
during summers!
About cat meat consumption I have heard stories from my friends from the
interior villages of Tinsukia. The young men would consume cat meat as after
consuming cat meat "military-e pitile nibikhai"...a sad reality!
Priyankoo
Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear C'da,
The good doctor, in all likelyhood, is probably from Assam too. No kharkhowa
can really hide behind a name like that. :) A name like "Sashanka" is almost
exclusive to Assam (maybe Bengal).
And, of course, had to tread lightly, so as not to offend our neighbors in
Nagaland. But Manjoj Das has now opened this can of "kesu" - placing this
delicacy squarely on the Nagas (and not on the Assamese:)).
I am a little confused, as to why you seem to attribute these delicacies to
the Assamese too. I guess some research is in order :)
So, on this beautiful Sunday afternoon, what better things to do than to talk
about kukur pitha, bwnda-kesu-bhaji, and you forgot something else - the famous
'lao-paani' to wash it all down.
To those who don't know, lao-paani is simply 'water mellon water' or
'gourd-water'. It is a refreshing drink. Too much of washing down with this
drink is again usually followed by high-drama. Which in its own right, has
interesting stories of its own :). That drink was a sustenance, a manna from
the heavens, a kind of 'panchamrit', if you will, for many a hard-working,
student.
Not sure, if that practice still exists.
It was also interesting to know about the fig leaves (I mean kol-pat) :)
--Ram
On 5/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ram,
Let us not be coy about this ancient cultural trait of our people and let the
good doctor know about his query, without doubt a truly altruistic and generous
gesture to bring a little respite to the sufferings of our canine comrades.
Dr. Sashanka, as you know, we are ashamed of our ancient pursuit of this
delectable culinary gem. That is why my esteemed colleague Ram is beating
around the bush, not telling you like it is. The truth, doctor, is that it is
as Assamese a custom as Bihu dancing, til-pitha khwa ( eating sesame and
juggery stuffed rice flour cakes), sunga-saul khowa ( rice cooked in green
bamboo tubes over an open fire), eating 'bwnda-kesu-bhaji' ( deep-fried giant
earthworms, each 9" to a foot long" -- an ancient source of high quality
protein, about 95% of its body mass--compare that to about 15% beef being
protein), juit-pwra xaamuk ( barbequed snails--another high quality protein
source), fermented fish curry ( small fish buried in wet ground, wrapped in
banana leaves and generously spiced up with'bih-jolokiya'--literally poison
pepper, the world's hottest pepper and blackish clay dug up from water buffalo
wallows in flooded rice paddies, usually shaded by bamboo groves). Those are
only some of our unique culinary heritage.
Anyway, to make a long story short, this delectable doggie treat is eaten all
over Assam, in poor houses and rich, modern Assamese families as well as forest
dwelling savages, who only wear slivers of dried banana leaves to cover their
shame, and that too only under the most piercing gaze of outsiders.
You will do a great service to civilizing our people left behind by the times,
if you visit Assam, and write an expose'. I hope you will let Menoka Aideu (
Lady Menaka) and her animal rights group know all about this sordid practice,
with a request to bring it to the notice of the civilzed world. And most of
all , your service will be remembered by dog-loving Indians whose legacy goes
back to Yudhisthir whose companion never parted company even when crossing the
river Boitorini, deep down in the nether-world.
With the best of wishes, I remain a despondent Assamese:
Chandan Mahanta USA
---- Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hehehe!
>
> At one time, atleast , this "dish was was (popularly) called 'kukur pitha'
> and we were told it does happen in certain places. While it is possible for
> Menaka Gandhi to say something like this, I think, this kind of story still
> has legs is because of its strangeness.
>
> Another thing to think about is also about the Assam in those days was a
> larger, bigger Assam.
> To answer your question, 'yes', I would say most older netters at least
> thought it happened is a certain place. PC (and lack of any
> proof) prevents us from assigning this practice to a particular place.
>
> --Ram
>
>
> On 5/20/07, Dr. Sashanka < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone have any idea where exactly the following cruelty happens in
> > ASSAM???
> >
> > *"IN ASSAM DOGS AND PUPPIES ARE KILLED FOR THEIR SKIN AND MEAT.(A TRUE
> > STATEMENT).THEY ARE KEPT HUNGRY FOR 5 DAYS THEN ON THE SIXTH DAY FEED ALOT
> > OF RICE AND DAL AND AS SOON AS THE INNOCENT ANIMAL FINISHES THE MEAL
> > ,BECAUSE HE'S HUNGRY FOR 5 DAYS,IN A ROW,**
> > THE BUTCHER TEARS OPEN THE STOMACH OF THE DOG,WHILE THE DOG BEING FULLY
> > ALIVE,THEN ITS KILLED AND EATEN AND ITS SKIN GIVEN FOR LEATHER
> > GOODS.IT<http://goods.it/>HAPPENS DAILY OVER THERE,(AS SAID BY
> > MS.MANEKA GANDHI,A WELL KNOWN ANIMAL RIGHTS ATIVIST,ON AN INTERVIEW,WITH
> > INDIA T.V.)"*
> > * *
> > The link where I found this
> >
> > http://www.petadishoom.com/boards/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1706ឹ
> >
> > Its horrible if really happens in ASSAM and if not then is this a right
> > message to the world??????????
> >
> > Sashanka
> >
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