Eyes Staring From The Plate
By Jabo
@jaboUK (64361)
United Kingdom
January 25, 2018 5:04pm CST
I eat both fish and meat but I don't want any reminders that they were once living creatures.
I like seafood, but if I'm presented with prawns or shrimps that still have their heads on I can't eat them. Pulling their heads off myself is not something I'm prepared to do.
I'm the same with lobsters with their legs on, and whole fish staring at you with dead eyes - no thank you.
Live fish swimming in tanks in restaurants are another no-no for me. I couldn't give the death sentence to one of them, and then have it appear on my plate a few minutes later.
I'm sqeamish where these things are concerned, but I won't be turning vegetarian any time soon.
Picture form Pixabay.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 Jan 18
I do not mind the sea food or crawfish with the heads on. I know something has to die for me to live.
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@much2say (53944)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Jan 18
I guess I grew up eating seafood this way (maybe it's a Japanese thing to serve seafood "whole"?). The way the shrimp is in your photo (minus the lemon) is the way my mother serves shrimp on New Year's Day . . . my kids love it and don't seem to have a problem twisting the heads off - so I guess they're used to it too 
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@much2say (53944)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Jan 18
@jaboUK It's funny, but I didn't grow up on raw fish - too expensive. By the time my parents could afford it every now and then, I was a preteen and didn't acquire the taste for it (my dad thought I was a fool for that!). Now I eat a little of it, but it's not my favorite . . . I'd rather eat seafood with eyes .
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
26 Jan 18
Exactly. In spain where we stay they have wonderful seafood buffets with really fat prawns, but they've all got their heads on so neither my husband or I will touch them. It even makes me feel a bit sick just watching other people deal with them.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 Jan 18
I will kiss it and say thank you.
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@kobesbuddy (74830)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jan 18
I pulled a lobster out of it's shell, on my plate. It's a tough way to eat, not to mention this is very messy!
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@kobesbuddy (74830)
• East Tawas, Michigan
27 Jan 18
@jaboUK When I ate it, there was juice dripping down my arms!
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@celticeagle (159609)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Jan 18
I wouldn't care for that either. I love shrimp and most fish. I couldn't become a vegetarian or a vegan. I was brought up on meat and potatoes.
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. In fact most meat doesn't resemble the animal at all, apart from chicken.
@allknowing (130195)
• India
26 Jan 18
Choosing a live fish for my meal is a no no for me too. I have never done that and never will. I will not eat chickens that I rear. they will be just pets. I bury them when their time is up.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Jan 18
I feel very much the same, I don't like knowing my food.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 Jan 18
@jaboUK We are alike, aren't we. I bet somewhere we share some ancestors lol
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
28 Jan 18
@BelleStarr That could just be the case
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@JSAph8888 (949)
• Philippines
26 Jan 18
Well the prawns and shrimps are my favorite among seafood. I can also eat them while they have their heads on. By the way, I love buttered shrimps/prawns.
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@JSAph8888 (949)
• Philippines
29 Jan 18
@BabeSays
No. I remove them of course. But I sip first the heads before I throw it away.
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@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
26 Jan 18
sound like your a big baby/////////lol
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@Daljinder (23233)
• Bangalore, India
26 Jan 18
I can't even bear the thought. I am strictly vegetarian. I won't even have soybean because it "feels" like flesh
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. Have you always been vegetarian?@Daljinder (23233)
• Bangalore, India
1 Feb 18
@jaboUK Yep and yes always been vegetarian. I remember tasting egg once. I took a small bite and spat it out immediately. They all seem like "fleshy" ...too much like human flesh.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
26 Jan 18
I feel the same.
Though fish heads are a delicacy and special dishes are made with it
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@Kandae11 (53695)
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26 Jan 18
@jaboUK I could be called a 'pescatarian' - the word used to describe someone who eats no animal flesh - with the exception of fish. You also have the extreme vegetarian and the less extreme - I am the latter . I eat eggs every other week and other dairy products like cheese and soy milk. However I get most of my protein from peas, beans and fortified cereals.
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
26 Jan 18
Different people react differently. I try not to kill but I am not squeamish. I am just very practical. But I don't want eyes in my food only because that's how I was taught.
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
27 Jan 18
can't see myself eating them! i saw a movie, Indian@jaboUK I don't mind if they are staring at me but I a Jones, and this guy was eating them as nothing. Must be an exotic food 
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
27 Jan 18
@jaboUK Seem like i am having trouble to print my comment....
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