Steamed Lobster

Last night our friend Eric came over with a Very special treat LOBSTERS. There is not much you want to do to a lobster. You don't want to hide the wonderful taste at all.

lobsters
sea salt
water
butter

Place a steaming rack into a large pot. Boil about an sea salt and inch and a half of water.

There are lots of theories on how to calm the lobsters down so that they are not as shocked when you cook them. Eric said something about hypnotizing them by petting them somewhere. We did not do that, but we did place them in the freezer for a couple of minutes before placing them in the pot.

Cover and steam. You want to cook them until their antenna are easily plucked off. Cook about 14 minutes for a 1 lb lobster and 2 minutes per quarter pound after that.

Now how do you eat them?

Start with the legs. There is not much meat here, but it is a good warm up. Break off one leg at a time. Use your teeth to suck out the meat from each section.

Next move to the claws. Here you may need a nut cracked to break the sections. Here you should get some good chunks of meat that you can drip in butter.

Now you want to move on to the body. Twist the tail to break it away from the body. There is some good meat in the body. I discard the green guts. If you have red these are eggs and are considered by some a delicacy. There is also meat around the ribs etc.

Finally you have saved the best for last, the tail. Pull upward on both sides of the tail till it cracks. The meat will go to one side or the other. Push it out from the side it is sticking to. Cut up dip in butter and enjoy.

YUMMY!

Tags: Maine Seafood Steamed Lobster