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How to kill a lobster and choose a wine glass

Coffee with the Wall St. Journal is so educational. Today I learned how to make a lobster stop breathing and how to choose a wine glass so your wine can breathe.

I thought you just raised the heat slowly--sort of like increasing regulations and taxes to kill the vibrant economy, but I guess that is cruel. The suggestion was to first chill the live critter for 15 minutes, then stab it. It is interesting to me that people who worry about cruelty to animals and crustaceans, do not bat an eyelash at dismembering a baby in the birth canal or experimenting on human embryos in the name of science.

Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher in today's Food and Drink column discuss the proper wine glass for reds, whites, dessert wines, younger wines, etc. You won't catch me serving with the wrong wine glass. I own 12, 10 oz. stemmed water goblets--cost about $6.00, and they work for anything, especially 3-buck chuck, or ice tea or soft drinks. The wine experts suggest that you use a 20 oz. wine glass so the wine can breathe. Be kind to your wine and your lobster.

By the way, have you seen those ratings for your blog? Mine got a "G" rating, but it did get flagged for the word "abortion." Apparently, it's a bad word not just for the unborn, but for children reading blogs. Then when I ran my class reunion blog through, it got flagged for the word "Dick," the name of several classmates. This is why public librarians say they don't like filters for pornography aimed at children--might filter out some innocent words for a health assignment on body parts that get cancer, or a recipe for chicken breasts. Yeah, sure.