Lobster

[Rukas]

Does anybody know how to cook lobsters? I got give 3 giant lobsters by a friend who owns a resteraunt here, but have no idea how to cook them.

 

[Eric]

Pretty simple really...just boil the fuck out of it. It shouldn't even take but a few minutes. The bigger the lobster, the more time needed to boil it. There aren't many steps at all honestly, just dunk it in boiled water.

You can also steam a lobster, but I don't know much about it.

 

[SiGh]

lmao, thats the funniest shit.

its gotta be salt water. And throw some liquor and shit in there for flavor.

 

[Preach]

its gotta be salt water

unless you prefer adding salt and other spices after you take off the shell. personally, i don't like to pre-spice food, i like to do it after, cause that way i can taste both the food and the spice. when you cook it in salt water, the whole thing's gonna taste salt.

then again, i never had lobster. it's probably close to crabs and if so, my statement remains.

 

[Cooper]

When boiling a lobster, the general rule of thumb is to simmer the lobster for 5 minutes for the first pound and 3 minutes for each additional pound.

:thumb:

 

[keco52]

Yea boil them 5min each pound?...but somebody told me once that you have to "comfort" the lobster before you throw it in...because them being freaked out about...dying...releases adrenaline and makes them taste bad...
I think they were being a dick to me...

I couldn't do it...I'd end up keeping it as a pet.
And we know what happened to my hermit crabs...And if you don't remember...They commited suicide

 

[7 Syns]

boil them like everyone has stated, make a chilli sauce to dip the meat in afterwards or season afterwards with herbs. i prefer the chilli, it makes the meat come alive.

peac3.

 

[Rahim]

yup...what everyone else said..you have to boil it...never tried lobster in my life...

 

[Ms L]

There are several different ways to cook Lobster. It depends on how you like it.

Another way that I know is that most people here where I love put them on the grill and grill them until they are cooked. They are done when they look done. Pretty easy. Grill them depending on how thawed out or frozen they are to make sure you cook it all the way through and don't end up eating food that is not fully cooked all the way through. It should only take a few minutes like I said, depending on how thawed out they are. If they are totally frozen it will take more than a few minutes. Afterwords I dip mine in a little dish of butter (put it in the microwave and melt it in a little dipping dish)

Personally I love Grilled Lobster.

 

[gaylord]

wow, cant give you much more advice than that.... just gonna say, i gotta go to pappadeaux (sp.?) someday... i've had lobster, but that was in some pseudo-fancy restaurant on a cruise.... supposedly pappa has other seafood like fried alligator and whatnot.... figured i'd go give it a try... you should too...

 

[k69atie]

Lobster Recipes

The Classic

In a 20 quart pot or larger, bring to a boil clean sea water with a handful of rock weed. When the water is boiling, drop the live lobsters in and let them cook for 18 to 20 minutes. Serve with melted butter, cole slaw, and cold beer.

The Steamer

Put four inches of clean sea water and some rockweed in a 20 quart or larger pot.. When boiling, add lobsters and cover for 20 minutes.

Barbecue

Boil, as above, for five minutes. Then cook on grill (whole), backs to the heat.

Sauces

Melted butter, with optional lemon, white wine, a dot of tobasco. For a fancy sauce - mix melted butter with sea urchin roe and white wine.

Lobsters Bellyband

This is my favorite recipe for lobsters.

For eight lobsters:

Clean about 50 (fifty) cloves of garlic. In a sauce pan, put one cup white wine, one cup white vinegar, the garlic, and two tablespoons of sugar. Let simmer for 30+ minutes, until almost all the liquid is gone. If the liquid boils too quickly, add more wine.

Steam the lobsters for five to ten minutes. Take out the lobsters, break off the tails and pick the tail meat out. Return the claws and bodies to the steamer to finish cooking. It is easier to pick out the meat if the lobsters are steamed, not boiled.

In a large skillet over high heat, melt two sticks of butter. Add the lobster tails and the Bellyband sauce. Continue cooking for ten minutes, until the lobsters are finished. Serve with the claws that finished cooking in the steamer.


Source: www.criehaven.org

 

[Bender]

Cook them alive. It is best to buy, and cook, lobsters that are alive.