Sacramento eatery takes 'dancing shrimp' off menu

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[JoeProBono]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A Sacramento restaurant agreed to stop serving live shrimp after an animal-rights group said the practice was cruel to the shellfish.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said the restaurant, Nishiki Sushi, suggested squeezing lemon juice on the shrimps' exposed flesh so they would writhe as they were eaten. The dish is commonly referred to as "dancing shrimp" and is considered a delicacy in Japan.

PETA contacted the restaurant after receiving dozens of complaints about the practice.

[JRandomFreeper]

Lobsters scream when dumped in boiling water. That doesn't seem to slow anyone down. Sea urchins make a grinding sort of noise when they are killed. Doesn't really slow down consumption of them either.

I was given dominion over the plants and animals of the world. The fish that swim and the birds that fly. The entity that gave me that dominion has the final say on whether I have misused it. I try not to.

I understand and respect your beliefs. And I would never offer you live or raw shellfish for a meal.

But you can bet I'm gonna keep eating it when I can get it. ;)

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

I fish with live shrimp every weekend and don’t think twice about putting a hook anywhere through their body.

The chef is the guy standing on the dock with baited breath. ;)

/johnny

[Little Bill]

Try my paella: Shrimp, dead, Clams, live, Mussels, Live, Scollop's, dead, Lobster, live. Saffron Rice, Stock from dead Chickens, dead peppers and Onions, various seasonings, fit for a king.

[MattAMiller]

That I get. But dousing it in lemon just to make it writhe strikes me as peculiar.

[giotto]

Belonging to PETA should be a death penalty!

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. This so-called "dancing shrimp" sounds like a stupid, barbaric practice that should have led to the restaurant's closing. Getting one's jollies from the suffering of any creature, no matter how seemingly inferior, is sadistic and inhuman. It is in fact proof that the creature is not inferior to its torturer.

[JRandomFreeper]

I'm betting that line was from the writer, or 'journalist' that wrote the piece. To elicit the exact response it has engendered.

The left has a mission, and they use every opportunity to propogandize and confuse normal folks.

The lemon (better with lime juice) is for flavor and to modify the enzymes.

And nothing to do with the intent of the diner in causing pain.

/johnny

[Texas Songwriter]

Is it a legitimate Bubba-Gump recipe?

[dalereed]

Like twisting the eyes of lobsters when holding races on the kitchen floor while they were waiting for their turn in the pot!