Why is it that I've never seen a show about the lobsters in Main (well the lobsters in the Atlantic) and how they live and possibly migrate? Is it that catching them isn't as deadly as the king crabs in Alaska? Why is it a lobster and not a crab? Why do they have pinchers when the spiny ones in the pacific do not? All questions that can be answered with a internet search or I guess I can just ask my wife!
So I've always wanted to cook a live lobster with claws (I cooked a few spinys on the beach in mexico once). Well at least since last week I've always wanted to cook a live lobster. It's crazy that you can order these crustaceans (trying to impress K here with my knowledge of marine terminology) online and have them shipped live. Ours arrived in a big white ice chest covered in seaweed and sandwiched between two ice packs. I thought for sure it would be dead.
It was a lively one! Instructions said "Do Not Remover Rubber Bands Until Fully Cooked". Good call because this dude would have totally taken a finger off had i given it a chance. I actually broke our crab crackers trying to bust open a claw.
It was a super fun evening but I have to say i won't be buying another live lobster again. I felt so bad for the dude that I almost wanted to let it go in the ocean. Almost.
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