Hungry? New vending machines!!

[Jamin_00]

[url=http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/food-drink/crab-vending-machines-for-chinese-commuters-blog-9-the-telegraph.html]Crab Vending Machines For Chinese Commuters - Yahoo! Lifestyle UK[/url]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iU6aQxjzsg&NR=1]YouTube - Crab Vending Machine Proves Out[/ame]

[Kozmyk]

Well weird! Do they eat the crabs raw or is there a microwave nearby?

[Mark_T]

[quote=Kozmyk;553623]Well weird! Do they eat the crabs raw or is there a microwave nearby?[/quote]

They will take them home to cook I expect, this would replace a market stall not a cooked food outlet.

Japan is another place to find amazing vending machines just passing through NRT I saw a number that sold hot food for example, they make much better use of them than we tend to.

[Gaza07]

You just have to word it right when you get them home, Hi honey im home and btw ive got crabs :cheers2:

[Planehazza]

That's ****ed right up. How cruel is that? Propa messed up

[Adrian]

I wonder how much shelf life they have stored like that! :ack2:

[Baldie]

Dont have a problem with eating meat etc, But seems a bit cruel making them lie on their sides looking out the window, or up the one in fronts butt all day....

[msssltd]

[quote=Adrian;553655]I wonder how much shelf life they have stored like that![/quote]A surprisingly long time. Crabs and lobsters are very specific about temperature. When the temperature drops below a certain threshold it triggers a 'stasis' like hibernation. They can survive like that for months and probably years. Heat em up again and they are good as new.

A lot of research money gets thrown at studying crabs and lobsters due to the immense value of the export market. I have taken part in a few studies myself. Crabs are extremely primitive, dare I say stupid. Lobsters though....Clever buggers.

[ddracer]

Why not just keep them in their pants like what I do?