lobster, anyone?

[crinkles]

http://abc.com.au/news/photos/2009/01/10/2462929.htm

not sure if I'd eat it... would it be rubbery? (daylight rubbery....

get it? )

 

[Pablo]

I like the way he's looking at the camera.

I hope his fate is not similar to his cousin some years back....huge, but name slips my mind. Anyhow, dude was on display, some jerk tried to steal him, lobster was dropped and died......

 

[pbm]

My first thought when I read this story is that he'll be released and possibly caught again by Japanese or Chinese fisherman who won't be so concerned about his future.....

 

[Steve S]

What happens to lobsters in the ocean? They get eaten by some type of predator sooner or later.

 

[oilyriser]

I wonder if lobsters get crabby as they age.

 

[Gary Allan]

Originally Posted By: Steve S
What happens to lobsters in the ocean? They get eaten by some type of predator sooner or later.


Everything dies of something ...eventually

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: Steve S
What happens to lobsters in the ocean? They get eaten by some type of predator sooner or later.


Let's say we throw you and the lobster overboard. Who do you think will make it longer?

 

[MarkC]

"Men die, cattle die, one day the gods themselves shall surely die. Only one thing will not die- the name, good or bad, you have made for yourself."

 

[moribundman]

Lobstrosities in the ocean give me the creeps.

 

[MarkC]

But they're so tasty.

 

[Pablo]

Indeed. I wonder if the huge critters taste as good as the petite ones. I've reeled in some huge perch and such and they are no good to eat when they get get beyond a certain size.

 

[Drew99GT]

Originally Posted By: Pablo
I've reeled in some huge perch and such and they are no good to eat when they get get beyond a certain size.


Totally. I only keep rainbows, for example, in the 8 to 12 inch range when I go fishing.

 

[asiancivicmaniac]

I wonder how accurate the method is for determining the age of lobsters.

I would feel bad killing/eating a creature so much older than me.

 

[Gary Allan]

5 lb lobsters ..of the north Atlantic variety, are just fine in the eating. That's the biggest we saw when we vended them. The tail is always somewhat dense ..but the massive claw section is just as tender (imo) as from the chicks on up.

Now cracking the claws on anything that big may be a challenge. We had a real hammer around when we ended up eating all the weak's and the dead's.

btw- if you boil a lobster and you spring the tail and it goes limp ..throw it out.

 

[andyd]

About 40 yrs ago, I dined on an 8 pounder and a 13 pounder. They tasted ok, but were chewy. I grew up eating lobster and prefer squid now-a-days.

 

[MarkC]

When I was on Prince Edward Island, we bought lobsters fresh of the boat, and they were cooked for us right there on the dock.
I think they were about 7 lbs each and were quite yummy.

 

[moribundman]

How can you eat in the presence of sea monsters?

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: moribundman
How can you eat in the presence of sea monsters?

I think this devil is eying mori!!

 

[moribundman]

I wonder who first thought, "Hmm that looks like it might be tasty."

 

[MarkC]

Probably the same genius who thought to suck a cow's tit and drink what came out.