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Give Me Crabs On My Wedding Day
By Lauren E.
I love crabs. Get your head out of the gutter. I mean the cute, crawly, Sebastian-esque singing crabs. Growing up in Maryland, I learned to have pride in our Maryland crabs, mastered the art of eating crabs at an early age, and personified them as my make-believe friends at an annual picnic of mostly-Jewish lawyers from a prominent Baltimore law firm.
Now I’m getting married and what better way to welcome my out-of-town guests than with a good ol’- fashioned Maryland crab feast? Just one problem. One of the “benefactors” of the wedding says “NO” to crabs at a Jewish wedding. I won’t bore you with all of my family and future-family treyf stories. The bottom line is, it’s a big fat NO.
I’m a bit disappointed.
Beer + crabs = a great way to begin a life of commitment to my best friend and soul mate. But if this is the biggest disagreement we have throwing together a wedding, then so be it!
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Crabs and lobsters typically are burned/boiled to death for human food cravings. Go to a Chinese market — among others — and watch the fish department scaling fish alive. The customer buying the fish being scaled told me that chickens are more delicious when scaled alive.
Even when animals are murdered — I mean slaughtered — under the strictest kashrut fules — pain is deep and wide.
Vegetarianism is very compatible with Judaism and its history: http://www.jewishveg.com . Vegetarianism is healthy, and can be very delicious with little effort and at no more expense than being non-vegetarian: http://www.vrg.org .
I have remained a strict vegetarian for 21 years, and speak from experience.
Thanks for listening. Jon
Human beings are designed in a way that, on many levels, REQUIRES the consumption of animal proteins. Egg whites are one of the most readily absorbable source of proteins that exist, and animal proteins in general are often absorbed by our bodies in a much more efficient way than plant proteins. In general, eating meat and eggs and fish (in moderation of course) helps to maximize your body’s ability to grow muscle and stay healthy. I understand that you can substitute plant proteins for a lot of things, but not for everything. While I respect the idea behind vegetarianism, at our very core we are still (perhaps unfortunately) animals that live best as omnivores.
Hey Jon,
The week of food is finishing up but ALEF would love if you could write a post for us about why YOU eat what you eat!
Best,
Alef
Very funny…little known fact: one of the greatest moments in Jewish film – Woody Allen being chased by a Lobster in “Annie Hall” – almost featured a big crab instead of a Lobster.
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