They’re specifically designed to be food safe, non-toxic, non-flavor altering and safe up to temps of 450°F
buttmunchausenface
Real rubber is a natural product and has already been boiled… the dyes are another story.
Devtunes
It’s fine. No really, it’s totally fine. Folks in this sub get really worked up about it but it’s ok either way. The rubber bands are food safe and I’ve had a lot of lobster with and without the bands(Lived my whole life in New England close to the coast). I’ve never noticed a difference in flavor between banded and not banded lobsters. In fact most restaurants around here just leave them on, unless it’s a fancy place. That being said, I usually use scissors to remove the bands right before dropping them into the pot, claws first.
I should mention chicks(1.25lb lobsters) cook faster than whole potatoes so I wouldn’t toss them in at the same time. Where I live lobsters are fairly cheap, we love them but it’s not like a fancy prime rib or crown roast. Folks who live where lobster is an expensive luxury seem to get the most worked up about the rubber band question, understandably. When it’s less expensive than a cheap utility steak you tend not to worry about these things.
DanielzeFourth
I just want to say thanks for killing them before steaming. Too many people still put these animals through unnecessary suffering
Serious-Wish4868
“safe” but not recommended since you dont know the source of the rubber bands. store/supplier could have tried to cut corners and use not food safe rubber bands
flipflopsanddunlops
I know I’m going to get downvoted for this but I Can promise I’ve cooked and eaten more lobster than 99% of this sub and I have pictures to prove it. Yes you can taste it and you should remove them.
idreamedmusic
Are they his and hers rubber bands? Adorable
Carne_Guisada_Breath
I always take the rubber bands off to give the lobsters a fighting chance.
FunkyfreshAhyeah
Why would you need rubber bands if you kill them beforehand?: Please don’t throw them in the boiling water alive. They do suffer a lot. That’s animal cruelty. (Here in EU we have laws for that) There are many non cruel ways to kill them without having them suffer before boiling them. *Less stress experienced by the animal also contributes to quality of the meat.*
Edit: ok sorry I did not read the comment under the pic. Thanks for killing them before boiling them. About the rubber bands, that should be save! Cheers and enjoy your meal! ❤️
Nivezngunz
I have cooked a lot of lobsters and I keep them banded unless I kill them before they go into the pot.
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Would you cook your normal food with rubber bands in them?
I wouldn’t want them rubber band chemicals leeching onto my food
Yah, if they’re already dead there’s not much of a point.
Like I know there are certain foods you tie-up to maintain shape, but I don’t think lobsters are one of them.
Trying to make the claws more rubbery?
No. The rubber band flavor will make its way to the lobster meat.
It won’t kill you, but it can taint the flavour and it leaches chemicals into the meal
i do leave them on.
but in reality, even if you remove the bands first, they have been on the claws so long that they can not open and close them
Depends on where you got them of course, but the bands on lobster claws are generally made from cook-safe silicone and are FDA compliant.
[See this example on amazon.](https://www.amazon.com/AirFly-Lobsters-FDA-Compliant-Silicone-Assorted/dp/B0CLJ2S4CZ/ref=asc_df_B0CLJ2S4CZ?mcid=1ff093c0fa7d397b9b874e60dd5fbc63&hvocijid=7986709041001216323-B0CLJ2S4CZ-&hvexpln=73&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=721245378154&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7986709041001216323&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028780&hvtargid=pla-2281435179258&psc=1)
They’re specifically designed to be food safe, non-toxic, non-flavor altering and safe up to temps of 450°F
Real rubber is a natural product and has already been boiled… the dyes are another story.
It’s fine. No really, it’s totally fine. Folks in this sub get really worked up about it but it’s ok either way. The rubber bands are food safe and I’ve had a lot of lobster with and without the bands(Lived my whole life in New England close to the coast). I’ve never noticed a difference in flavor between banded and not banded lobsters. In fact most restaurants around here just leave them on, unless it’s a fancy place. That being said, I usually use scissors to remove the bands right before dropping them into the pot, claws first.
I should mention chicks(1.25lb lobsters) cook faster than whole potatoes so I wouldn’t toss them in at the same time. Where I live lobsters are fairly cheap, we love them but it’s not like a fancy prime rib or crown roast. Folks who live where lobster is an expensive luxury seem to get the most worked up about the rubber band question, understandably. When it’s less expensive than a cheap utility steak you tend not to worry about these things.
I just want to say thanks for killing them before steaming. Too many people still put these animals through unnecessary suffering
“safe” but not recommended since you dont know the source of the rubber bands. store/supplier could have tried to cut corners and use not food safe rubber bands
I know I’m going to get downvoted for this but I
Can promise I’ve cooked and eaten more lobster than 99% of this sub and I have pictures to prove it. Yes you can taste it and you should remove them.
Are they his and hers rubber bands? Adorable
I always take the rubber bands off to give the lobsters a fighting chance.
Why would you need rubber bands if you kill them beforehand?:
Please don’t throw them in the boiling water alive. They do suffer a lot.
That’s animal cruelty.
(Here in EU we have laws for that)
There are many non cruel ways to kill them without having them suffer before boiling them.
*Less stress experienced by the animal also contributes to quality of the meat.*
Edit: ok sorry I did not read the comment under the pic. Thanks for killing them before boiling them. About the rubber bands, that should be save!
Cheers and enjoy your meal! ❤️
I have cooked a lot of lobsters and I keep them banded unless I kill them before they go into the pot.
Boiling an animal alive is pure evil.