Lobster

N9eav

I went fishing today and managed to catch a rather nice lobster by some fortune or other. It's in the fridge.... What shall I do with it?

grade15

u can chop it up and boil it and then add herbs whilst cooking it..
or be like homer simpson and put it in your fish tank and cook it meals everyday, making it big and plump then make it a pet!!!hee!¬!!

Noozan

WAH! I'm jealous

Chop it up, bash the shell a bit and boil lightly until it turns red. Stir fry big chunks of bruised root ginger together with a bunch of roughly chopped spring onions, add chunks of lobster and very generous splash of cognac, thicken with cornflour solution if sauce looks thin.

Invite me for dinner.

Jay-Jay_4

Nooooo!!!! Don't chop it up before you cook it!!! All the lovely flavour will be lost!

Just boil it for a few minutes (depending how big it is) and then shell it and serve with whatever you're having.

N9eav

grade15 wrote:

u can chop it up and boil it and then add herbs whilst cooking it..
or be like homer simpson and put it in your fish tank and cook it meals everyday, making it big and plump then make it a pet!!!hee!¬!!

It's already called 'Pinchy'. I did think about puting it int he fish pond, but that would be stupid as it would die. I don't know how homer's lobster lived so long?
Really funny though when he gave it a hot bath because it got dirty!!!!:rotfl:

OH PINCHY!!!!!!!!!!

stuart264

The Orginal 1894 Recipe for Lobster Newberg do you?

http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/display.cfm?TitleNo=38&PageNum=425#

Essex-girl_2

Just boil it and serve it with a pot of melted butter to dip it into - delicous. Thats how we ate them in America. OH ate 7!

aurora_borealis_2

is it still alive?
You'll have to put a knife through its head :eek:

Debt_Free_Chick

NNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! :eek:

As has been said, do NOT "chop it up and boil it". Do this, please.

Put a large pan (e.g. a stock-pot), two-thirds full of boiling water on the hob. Let it simmer gently.

Weigh the lobster (lobbie) - it will take approx 8-10 mins per 450g (1lb). Peel some new potatoes, prepare a green salad and make some mayo (or, if you must, take the Hellman's from the fridge).

To be humane, you need to kill the lobbie first. This is not as bad as it sounds.

Assuming you are right-handed, take the lobbie in your left hand with the head facing your right hand. You will need a very sharp cook's knife (approx 10 in long). Look to the left of the eyes and there should be a cross marking to the rear of the head. Place the tip of the knife here and in two swift connected movements, plunge the tip into the cross and then bring the knife swiftly down between the eyes. You have just severed the lobbie's nervous system and he is dead.

If you can't bring yourself to do this, then skip the above and plunge the live lobbie into boiling water.

Increase the heat under the pan so that the water is boiling. Place lobbie in the pan. Return to the boil and then lower the heat to a simmer. Time for 10 minutes per 450g (1lb).

Remove lobbie from pan or drain into a colander. Put lobbie on one side to cool.

Boil the new potatoes.

Take cool lobbie. Cut the whole thing in half along the length of its body, from head to tail (if you killed it first, simply follow that line from the head down to the tail). Look for a dark/green sac and remove it together with the intestine which is roughly attached to it. Remove what looks like a black line along the spine.

Remove the body from the shell. Crack all the claws and gently remove all the flesh.

Pile the salad on a serving dish, add the the lobster flesh. Serve with the mayo and fresh lemon juice, with the new potatoes on the side.

Enjoy ... and then burp with satisfaction. Resolve to do this at least once a month when you can get fresh lobster.

Hit the thanks button if you do this and enjoy it.

Good luck

fluffyscruffy

Gordon Ramsay cooked one last night on the F word and he stabbed it in its head, poor thing, then bolied it whole in a big pot of water...and he said remember to remove the "sh*t sack"..his words, not mine, before you eat it!!!

Jay-Jay_4

....and make sure that when you split it down the middle you don't split the aforementioned s**t sack .... because that ruins the whole thing and it ends up in the bin :rolleyes: