How to Eat Lobster
Eating lobster is considered a skill and is only mastered by a chosen few. Okay well maybe not exactly but if you've never eaten a lobster before, it can be quite intimidating. So to help you, I've given you some instructions for the odd occasion that you might be lucky enough to have some Maritime lobster.
Please remember that this is how I and most of my family members eat lobster. This is the way we were taught as children. Some people may have various ways to eat their lobster so you may have heard different stories in the past. Here is how I eat my lobster...
Items needed:
* a large bowl for disposing of the empty shells
* newspaper spread out in several layers on the table to avoid a large mess
* fork or knife (if desired)
Eating lobster in 10 Easy Steps
1. Begin by grabbing the lobster in both hands, one hand at the tail and the other at the head.
2. Twist the lobster sideways, separating the head from the tail.
3. Push the handle of a fork or knife or better yet, your finger into the small end of the tail. The tail meat should come right out.
4. Next, rip off the 2 large claws and the legs.
5. For the legs, simply place one leg at a time in your mouth and squeeze out the meat by slipping the leg through your teeth and pulling it out. You may need to break the legs at the joints in order to get as much of the meat out as possible.
6. For the claws, break each apart at the joints. Twist the thumb off of the claw. Be careful as there may be a lot of juice in this piece. When you twist off the thumb, either hold it away from you to avoid getting splattered by the juice OR do like me and hold your mouth under the thumb and drink the juice as it pours out.
7. To retrieve the meat from each claw piece, use a small fork or your finger (if you can fit it in to the hole) and pull or push out the meat. Continue this step with all parts of the claw including the thumb.
8. Inside the body, you can eat the red part called "coral" which is unfertilized eggs and the green part called the "tomalley". Some people think the coral and the tomalley are the two tastiest parts of a lobster. The only non-edible part of a lobster is the sac which is located behind the eyes.
9. That's it. It's time to clean up. Take that full bowl of shells to your garbage or dispose of them in your garden (it won't hurt your garden, trust me). Roll up the newspaper left on the table and dispose of it. Don't forget to wash your hands. The scent of lobster will remain on your hands even after washing so you may want to repeat this step several times before the scent goes away.
10. There's only one thing left to do and that is to relax and daydream about your next lobster feast!
