Mangia

When I worked in lower Manhattan circa 1976 there was a restaurant just north of the Battery on the West Side Highway called Ponte's. It was rumored that well connected folks hung out there as well as other waterfront bigwigs.  Google shows them still in business but instead of being under the West Side Highway they are described as being in Tribeca with a river view. Nothing wrong with growing upscale over thirty-five years. New York Magazine calls it "untrendy"... "a hidden gem". Their menu includes an item "Angry Lobster" and I began to wonder what causes a lobster to be upset. First he is uprooted from his native habitat in Maine, thrust into a small water tank, then they stick wooden pegs in their claws and immobilize them with rubber bands and the poor guy knows he is heading for a boiling pot.  I would not only be angry - I would be terrified. So the next time you order Lobster and they place that bib around your neck, think of that poor crustacean and you might become a vegan.
tjs
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