No Need to Chop or Stab a Lobster’s Head Off

Don’t feel so bad about boiling your lobster alive. Or do, but just know that there’s no better way (aside from instantly shucking it with 40,000 lbs. of water pressure): “Every segment [of a lobster’s body] has its own little brain doing its own thing … [so] cutting it up just creates two uncomfortable lobsters,” says a person who seems to know what they’re talking about.