On the way home from preschool yesterday, Nubbin burst out with, 'Mommy, do you like lobsters?' I answered 'yes' and asked him if he liked them. He said, 'No, I don't like lobsters.' When pressed for the reason WHY he didn't like them, he said, 'I don't like lobsters or crabs because it's not nice how we cook them.' He also mentioned that he doesn't like crabs because he doesn't like crab cakes, but he does like to eat shrimp.
Needless to say, I was stumped about the subject matter and called husband to relay the odd conversation. Husband chuckled and explained that the last time he took Nubbin to the grocery store, they walked past the live tank of lobsters. Sitting next to it in a cooler were the cooked whole lobsters. Husband said that he had to explain the whole 'death by cooking' thing to Nubbin. I'm guessing, knowing husband, that he did a very thorough job of explaining it all.
My gentle Nubbin... my friend says maybe he's just destined to love all God's creatures... I should probably stock up on some vegetarian recipes.
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