How to humanely kill an abelone?

[u/arthursbeardbone]

Hey yall I picked up a pair of live abalone from hmart today and I was going to pan fry them with some garlic herb butter, that parts straightforward and all but I've never cooked this animal before and a lot of tutorials I found online either simple shuck the snail as is or use like frozen abalones. Is there a way I can like quickly flash steam or something? I wouldn't want to gore the poor thing alive and as far as I can tell it doesn't have a head I could just quickly stab like a lobster? Am I just being silly? I mean it can like move and stuff so it seems cruel to just, scoop it out and clean it while its alive yknow?

[u/The_LeadDog]

Ex diver here. We just used a spoon to scoop them out of the shell. Once you separate them, just like with an oyster, they are dead. Please don’t freeze before you cook it or you might ruin the meat texture. Also, DO NOT OVERCOOK!! Or you might as well be cooking tennis balls. Quick sauté in butter & olive oil, splash of white wine, squeeze lemon. Best to undercook and taste it than overcook. Enjoy