Lobster anyone ??

[Dave7]

I have eaten it 3 times (once in a swish, expensive restaurant) and have to say I can happily live without it.

My son is a chef/owner of a nice place and decided to put lobster on the Christmas day menu.
Out of 80 covers just one person went with lobster.......that must say something

 

[Slick]

Lobster is the food of the gods.

Trying to eat Lobster bisque in a swish restaurant with a tie can leave you looking more than a bit foolish but got to be one of my many favourites.

 

[ianrauk]

Lobster is the food of the gods.

+1 I can Mr Creosote myself on Lobster

 

[Dave7]

Lobster is the food of the gods.

Trying to eat Lobster bisque in a swish restaurant with a tie can leave you looking more than a bit foolish but got to be one of my many favourites.

This was a whole lobster.

 

[vickster]

This was a whole lobster.

There’s not a whole load of meat on a lobster, lot of shell. I‘ve only really eaten in the US

 

[Slick]

This was a whole lobster.

Which is just a tail, but probably even better on its own anyway.

Mrs Slicks dad was a commercial fisherman all his life, which which in modern times meant they had no money but lobster was always on the menu.

 

[winjim]

I did visit the West of Scotland a few years ago and ate an awful lot of langoustines...

 

[Ian H]

I completely failed to get the stuffing up the lobster's arse. Utter failure as a Christmas meal.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Much, much rather have a lovely piece of turbot or similar tbh - esp the crawfish we get fed in the Caribbean when we fish.

 

[numbnuts]

Lobster thermidor on a flight out to Aussie it was very nice

 

[geocycle]

I like lobster although usually the cost is a bit off-putting. Best I’ve had was in Arcadia NP, Maine served simply with a plastic bib … and chips.

 

[Slick]

I did visit the West of Scotland a few years ago and ate an awful lot of langoustines...

If it was the West you were in, there's a better than average chance it was prawns you were eating.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

Our local chippie does lobster.

I have eaten lobster in a variety of countries and the ones we get further north are the best. Cold water lobsters grow slower than their warmer water counterparts and are better for it.

 

[oldwheels]

There’s not a whole load of meat on a lobster, lot of shell. I‘ve only really eaten in the US

Depends on when the shell was last changed. You can get a large lobster with little meat or small ones with the same amount. Most meat is in the claws.
We ate lots as I had creels as well as diving.
We also got lots of langoustine which we called prawns. Also known as Norwegian Lobster.

 

[oldwheels]

If it was the West you were in, there's a better than average chance it was prawns you were eating.

Not really,what are commonly known as prawns here are not the same as English prawns. Languistine is the proper name.