• Scrabbone@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Did you only eat the lobster or also prepare it? One question I’ve always asked myself is whether you can prepare lobster without cooking it alive?

    • MrAstroman@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      101·
      1 year ago

      You can, if you use a knife and make a quick incision in the head you can kill them quickly and painlessly before boiling them.

      (Video shows how it’s done, just in case anyone doesn’t want to see that)

      https://youtu.be/kvSUalzJvcU

    • Spliffman1@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I have a bad childhood memory when my grandmother was boiling a big one alive and he got out of the pot, that was like seeing an extraterrestrial coming at you on the kitchen floor

    • PainInTheAES@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, you take a sharp knife and cut the head in half lengthwise. Then steam. I know there’s lobster sushi as well but I’m not sure how it’s butchered.

      • Tangent5280@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Hi, usually when you want to add an update to your Original comment, simply edit the original and add an UPDATE: or an EDIT: tag. That’s how I usually see people going about it and I think it makes a lot of sense in thread forums.

  • Crampon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    Boiled with the rubber bands? Those are supposed to be removed to avoid rubber flavour in the lobster.

    Hot tips if you’re the cook. If it’s resturant it’s a solid low score review :S

    Lobster’s pretty dope though.

    • SilkySifaka@feddit.deOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I bought it cooked from a farmers market. The rubber luckily didn’t change the taste. I’ll keep that in mind if I ever get to cook my own though, thaks!

      • TIEPilot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Looks like you got a “chicken” (1 to 2 pounds) they are the best! I would rather let the old boys keep up the population than eat them. Tough and I grew up in a New England seafood restaurant. We refused to carry anything bigger.

      • Crampon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        That’s great! Looks sweet to eat a lobster at the beach like that. Im a bit jealous!