jeans
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Tiny Lobsters
A few weeks ago three of us ventured into Puerto Nuevo for lobster. Yes, we really did know better, but it was a trip down Memory Lane for our guest
who had once lived in Rosarito and was visiting from New York.
We would have liked to have gone to Chela's, but I had concerns about my mom & the stairs so we gave in to the "pitch" from the people at the
"original" Ortega's (on a side street).
"3 lobsters for $15" we were promised. Well, there were three of us, so we thought that wasn't bad. It turned out that was ONE serving. We were served
the tiniest lobsters I have ever seen...I've had bigger shrimp!
We were disgusted but didn't say a thing..we didn't want our tires slashed or anything. Mom says that over the years people have occassionally come
to the houe with lobsters for sale. In recent years they have been smaller than legal. They won't buy them, but they know someone else will.
Mom always told me to be different - Now she says...Not THAT different
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Russ
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Same thing with the vendors down here.They sell the shorts. Many of us have talked about it and won't buy them now. But there are a few that don't
care and buy everything the vendor has. What a shame!
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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Yes...small langosta packed in with the larger ones..hidden in the 2 kilo bag. It's been that way since I can remember... and it was always a shame.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Jean
Shoulda read my post from a couple of weeks ago,
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=45219#pid5074...
voicing my complaint about the Tiny Chilean import lobsters.
Can't wait to see what they bring to the Baja by the Sea Expo in a couple of weeks. Last year some restaurants brought 15 pounders to show off
their paellas.
[Edited on 5-14-2010 by Udo]
[Edited on 5-14-2010 by Udo]
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The majority of lobsters sold at New Port in Baja and probably else where in the populated areas of Baja are generally imports - the panularis Cygnus
of Australia or the jasusi Landi of south Africa, but on occasion the local California Spinney lobster is sold, the panularis Interruptus.
That area of northern Baja has so much pollution from all the recent construction and influx of new residents and associated services that I would be
hesitant to dine on the local lobsters.
Please bear in mind that the "lobster " no matter where it's place of origin in this wide world survives on dead and decaying matter found on the
bottom of the ocean. They should be placed in the same category as terrestrial carrion,such as the ubiquitous vulture
With that in mind Lobsters were not considered fit for human consumption for the gentlefolk until the beginning of the 20th century. The exact date is
known where they were first served or when they became a popular delicacy for the masses. Now they are in great demand and are havested in one part
of the world and consumed in another.
sdm
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David K
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Sounds like Old Testament instructions... clams, oysters and other shellfish also prohibited... oh, pork, too!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dean miller
The majority of lobsters sold at New Port in Baja and probably else where in the populated areas of Baja are generally imports - the panularis Cygnus
of Australia or the jasusi Landi of south Africa, but on occasion the local California Spinney lobster is sold, the panularis Interruptus.
That area of northern Baja has so much pollution from all the recent construction and influx of new residents and associated services that I would be
hesitant to dine on the local lobsters.
Please bear in mind that the "lobster " no matter where it's place of origin in this wide world survives on dead and decaying matter found on the
bottom of the ocean. They should be placed in the same category as terrestrial carrion,such as the ubiquitous vulture
With that in mind Lobsters were not considered fit for human consumption for the gentlefolk until the beginning of the 20th century. The exact date is
known where they were first served or when they became a popular delicacy for the masses. Now they are in great demand and are havested in one part
of the world and consumed in another.
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And then again, what do the cows, pigs and chickens eat??? Guess we could all become vegans..
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Dorado eat anything that won't bite back including dead turtles, whales, fish, jelly fish, sea lions, dead birds, crabs, sea weed, flotsom, jetsome,
Manny, Moe and jack. Once in a while we get a tourist down here who becomes a floater and the dorado have a food fest. Great time to fish for them but
when you catch em, better not say where or how. The Mexicans think of dorado the same as sopilote but they will eat them if there is nothing else to
eat.
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dean miller
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Biological magnification!
etc
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Lobsterman
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That's why there are so few lobsters in north mexico today. They killed alot of the breeders back in the 1970's and have not let them recover. I
stopped eating at La Fondas a ways back after they served me a plate of those babies. Shame, shame. Some of us lobster gathers here in San Diego
b-tch a lot about the enforcement activities of the CA Fish & Game but we have plenty of lobsters over legal size. However, we know it's for our
own good and to perserve the lobstery for our children to enjoy.
[Edited on 5-14-2010 by Lobsterman]
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jeans
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
Jean
Shoulda read my post from a couple of weeks ago,
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=45219#pid5074...
voicing my complaint about the Tiny Chilean import lobsters.
Can't wait to see what they bring to the Baja by the Sea Expo in a couple of weeks. Last year some restaurants brought 15 pounders to show off
their paellas.
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I missed that post or I would have sounded off. This is really criminal!
I remember seeing one of those big bugs at the expo last year!
[Edited on 5-14-2010 by jeans]
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Tiny lobsters? They look like big crawfish. Problem is, crawfish are much more prolific than lobsters, crawfish can be raised in private ponds. Maybe
the lobster guys could consider a bottom lease similar to the oyster leases down in Louisiana?
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