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Glow in the dark lobster salad


howard88

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I recently purchased a few cooked lobsters and put together lobster salad

using only mayonaisse.

About 2:00 a.m. woke up and went to the fridge and placed a nicely sized

portion on a paper plate.

The kitchen was dimly lit having just awakened with this lobster salad on my

mind.

Lo and freakin behold, there were multiple areas on the plate that literally

were glowing in the dark.

Put the lights on, glow disappeared.

Shut them off, the glow was back.

It was similar to the old glow in the dark wristwatches or as if there was

a black lite illuminating a poster.

I thought about not eating it; thought about radiation, thought again,

and ate it.

The lobster salad tasted fine.

I talked to a coworker who thought it might be phosphorous causing the glow.

If so what about it.

Anyone out there ever have this experience or know what was going on.

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Nothing to worry about. Your lobster salad is merely chock full of luminescent bacteria. . . It would be good to know whether these bacteria continue to luminesce after death, in which case the glow does not necessarily indicate a lot of living bacteria, or whether luminescence does indicate live bacteria, in which case I would hesitate to eat any more of this stuff. . .

"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced" - Vincent Van Gogh
 

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Thanks for all the information.

The lobster was cold and definetly cooked thoroughly.

The glow or luminescense definetly remained after cooking

and refrigerating the lobster salad.

I did finish the salad over a period of two days and have

no ill effects that I am aware.

And by the way, it was about two pounds worth and damn tasty.

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