Large Lobsta

Price Chopper had a sale last week (sun-Sat) on lobsters over 3 pounds for $6.99/pound. Pat and I went in on the 1st Monday 7/4 at 5pm and were told they were all out which made sense since it was a holiday and no deliveries until Tuesday. Dissappointed, we left, but on Saturday, we went back in and I asked the same guy what was the largest lobster he had. He looked at me, then without saying anything, went to the tank and pulled out a monster. After taping the crusher claw with electrical tape, he put it on the scale and it weighed in at 6.54 pounds! $45 later and we were on our way home.

A young woman was there with her son buying three 1.25-1.5 pound lobsters. Her husband came up when our lobster was on the scale and exclaimed," What are you doing?" I let him know the lobster was ours. They paid ~$45 for 4.2 pounds in 3 lobsters. Ha. People who know better always tell others that the big lobsters are tough to eat, so they'll still be in the tank when we get there.

Everything we read says immerse in boiling water for 15 minutes for the usual 1.5 pound and add 1 minute for every pound thereafter. So, in 20 minutes, we had a nice feast. We used the new grill with the side burner to boil the water. I opened up the tail and we had that with corn on the cob the first night. Crusher claw cold with salad on Sunday, Biter claw in a wrap for lunch today. Pat's got the rest in the fridge at home which I expect will be gone when I get back Friday night.

Picture from: http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/faq/fishfaq3b.html