"A SCOTTISH hotel which cooked up a giant lobster has found itself in trouble - after locals claimed the crustacean was a local celebrity who should have been saved.
The lobster, caught off Lossiemouth, is thought to have been one of the biggest ever caught in the north-east of Scotland. It was 2ft long, five times the size of an average lobster and weighed 10lb. "
OK, these things happen from time to time. But:
"Last night, Mansefield Hotel boss Ross Murray defended his decision to cook the lobster. He said its shell has been preserved and would go on display. "When you buy a lobster you don't pause to ponder whether it is a celebrity or not. You just stick it in the pot," he said. "If we had known it was so well-known, we would have been open to donating it to an aquarium. Unfortunately, it is a bit too late to do anything now. The lobster tasted pretty good and the meat wasn't tough. We got about four portions from it."
How unfeeling. No regrets, no apology. Just another day in the kitchen...
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