Award Winners: Should I Get My Lobster High?
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America's Test Kitchen
4.4 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
We wrap up awards season with our Signal Award-Winning episode that asks: Will hot-boxing a lobster before it's cooked alleviate its pain? Science reporter Sarah Vitak takes us to a lobster shack in Maine to find out.
Bring a taste of Maine home and make your own New England Lobster Rolls.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Proof listeners, it's Kevin Pang. You've made it to our last installment of Best of Proof Award Season, |
| 0:11.6 | where we bring you award-winning episodes from our archives. |
| 0:15.0 | And this week, we're bringing you one of my personal favorites from reporter Sarah Vitek. |
| 0:20.0 | This episode was guest hosted by 80K reviews and gearheads Hannah Crowley. |
| 0:25.0 | Sarah's story begins with a slightly absurd question. |
| 0:29.0 | Would getting a lobster high on marijuana make it feel less pain before it's cooked? |
| 0:34.0 | Well, to answer that question, Sarah speaks with a philosopher, |
| 0:37.0 | a restaurant owner, and several scientists |
| 0:39.5 | all grappling with the ethics of what it means to consume living things. |
| 0:43.4 | It's surprisingly deep stuff. |
| 0:45.6 | This one earned us the silver award |
| 0:47.4 | at the inaugural Signal Awards in 2022. |
| 0:51.0 | And next week we've got a very special episode from our friends at the Sportful. But until then, should I get my lobster high? Hi there. I'm Deb Perlman, Creator and mastermind behind Smitten Kitchen and the author of three |
| 1:08.8 | cookbooks. |
| 1:09.8 | And I'm Kenji Lopez Alt. You might know me from Serious Eats, the Food Lab, and the Walk. |
| 1:14.8 | We're both professional home cooks, which means that we create and test recipes obsessing |
| 1:18.8 | over them until they're just right. |
| 1:20.6 | And on our new podcast, The Recipe with Kenji and Deb, we'll share our techniques and |
| 1:25.3 | ingredients so that you can learn everything you need to create your own perfect |
| 1:28.9 | recipes. From Radiotopia from PRX. It's the recipe with Kenji and Deb. |
| 1:34.8 | Out now on your favorite podcast platform. |
| 1:37.6 | Hi proof listeners, Hannah Crowley here. |
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