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Natalie Ann
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Much as I hate the nuker (microwave), it is a quick and easy way to steam lobster or crab.... and the taste is same as steamed in a pot. No matter
how you steam them, the trick is to make sure you pull them when lightly done.... as Hook said, cook just until the translucence disappears.
omigosh now I'm soooo hungry for langosta!
Nena
(edited in order to make sense)
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Sharksbaja
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Fried in lard previously used to fry several dozens of other Lobsters is the only way
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Ahhhh, the old "taste just like chicken lobster method.
Isn't that the biggest sin of all? Using preflavoured(ugh)preused grease?
You're kidding of course.
Fried? Microwaved? Cook twice boil n broil? BBQ sauce? You guys crack me up. Everyone knows the best way to cook a bug is to put it in a cast-iron
dutch oven and cook 24 hrs then you can eat the shells and all. Oh yes, and don't
forget about pickled lobster!
Broiled lobster tastes the same as nuked? Surely you gest!!!
Who says gringos weren't creative.
My favorite way is simple. Take lobster and twist off body. Split tail lengthwise and brush raw tissue with garlic butter.
Lay bug with split facing up just above a bed of coals. Flip once after 3-5 minutes. Cook other side 1-2 minutes or more depending on size. Remove
meat from shell and save shell to drool into.
No bad bugs.
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Viva Mulege!
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David K
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I like your way best Corky!!! Sounds great!!! Where's your restaurant...?
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Sharksbaja
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Any beach south of Ensenada OR You could be one of the few, the proud,
the........ few Nomads who have ventured to the central Oregon coast for FRESH seafood....... absolutely nothing fried... in fact we don't have a
fryer... or a grill.....or a range....or an oven....or sushi.
Steamed, poached or cooked in our unique kettles period!
edit for "or raw oysters".
[Edited on 1-11-2008 by Sharksbaja]
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Hook
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I've also used the steamed split tail method and then finish them off, face down, on the grill. Best of both methods.
And, yes, I'm talking about lobster, guys.................
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DianaT
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Love all the replies---lots of different ways to cook those bugs.
We really enjoyed the Christmas celebration and it was fun to watch them cook up the lobster---oh, lots of whole garlic cloves go into the boiling oil
first.
Now I am hungrey---and we have lots of lipitor with us. 
Diane
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
Any beach south of Ensenada OR You could be one of the few, the proud,
the........ few Nomads who have ventured to the central Oregon coast for FRESH seafood....... absolutely nothing fried... in fact we don't have a
fryer... or a grill.....or a range....or an oven....or sushi.
Steamed, poached or cooked in our unique kettles period!
edit for "or raw oysters".
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Yah, The Squarecircle said it was great!
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tripledigitken
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We try to get the female lobsters.
Our technique is like the one Hook described. Steam whole 8 minutes then drop into ice bath to stop cooking. Split lengthwise, take out roe and
tamale (liver) for sauce, brush with butter and finish face down on grill.
Ken
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
We try to get the female lobsters.
Our technique is like the one Hook described. Steam whole 8 minutes then drop into ice bath to stop cooking. Split lengthwise, take out roe and
tamale (liver) for sauce, brush with butter and finish face down on grill.
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They put the females with eggs back in the ocean here---every lobster is also measured. They are protecting their future --- a very good thing.
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Hook
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Diane, I guess I am wondering where Puerto Nuevo has been getting their woefully undersized lobsters for all these years?
I believe the carapice on a lobster should be 3 1/4 inches in CA to ensure they have had a chance to reproduce.
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howat
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My favorite recipe for whole eastern blue claw crabs is boiled in oil saturated with old bay seasoning and other hot chilies. The meat is very sweet
and tender but the hot chilies impart a wonder taste that leaves ones mouth tingling afterwards. Sabine Pass, Tex was the best. I've been meaning to
try it on the lobster i catch here in San Diego but the other methods you guys mentioned are much easier with less clean up. Well next load of
lobsters i catch, I will give it a try and post the results.
Dennis
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tripledigitken
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They put the females with eggs back in the ocean here---every lobster is also measured. They are protecting their future --- a very good thing.
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Before I get threatening letters from the Sierra Club.
When I say we try to get female lobsters, that is at the fish market in San Diego. They weigh in at about 1 1/2#'s also.
A couple of the lobsters in the picture above wouldn't go 12 oz. Now that's a no no.
Ken
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DianaT
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| Quote: | | Quote: | | Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
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They put the females with eggs back in the ocean here---every lobster is also measured. They are protecting their future --- a very good thing.
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Before I get threatening letters from the Sierra Club.
When I say we try to get female lobsters, that is at the fish market in San Diego. They weigh in at about 1 1/2#'s also.
A couple of the lobsters in the picture above wouldn't go 12 oz. Now that's a no no.
Ken
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Some of the lobster might be undersized. They do keep the undersized lobster that are damaged in the traps---and those don't go to market.
Sierra Club will not be sent out.
Curious, how much are the lobster at the San Diego Market?
Thanks
Diane
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tripledigitken
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Currently the local live lobsters where I shop are running $15.95 #. $25 ea.+-
Not everyday fare!
Ken
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bajadedom
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It is illegal to keep an egg bearing Pacific Spiny Lobster for any reason whether you are a recreational or commercial fisherman.(just google
California Spiny Lobster laws) I also have never seen any 'Local" live lobsters sold in San Diego (30 years 1969-1999)...these are the New England
type that are flown in live to markets all over the US. The easiest way to tell is that Pacific 'local' Spiny Lobsters DO NOT have claws.
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Frank
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Sorry Bajadedom but I cant find anything about egg bearing lobster being illegal to keep. We do release them anyways.
2007 DFG sportfishing Regs...
29.90. Spiny Lobsters.
(a) Open season: From the Saturday
preceding the first Wednesday in October
through the first Wednesday after the 15th
of March.
(b) Limit: Seven.
(c) Minimum size: Three and one-fourth
inches measured in a straight line on the
mid-line of the back from the rear edge of
the eye socket to the rear edge of the body shell. Any lobster may
be brought to the surface of the water for the purpose of measuring,
but no undersize lobster may be brought aboard any boat, placed in
any type of receiver, kept on the person or retained in any person’s
possession or under his direct control; all lobsters shall be measured
immediately upon being brought to the surface of the water, and any
undersize lobster shall be released immediately into the water.
They also sell live local lobsters at many places here in San Diego. Point Loma Seafoods, Marios, Anthonys etc etc.
Did you also know that the animal rights people, and one religion {I cant remember which} have been buying the east coast lobsters from stores and
releasing them here?
Divers sometimes find them in the deep water.
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bajadedom
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I stand corrected - on both counts...The 'r' months season must sufficiently protect the propogation factor...and I have just never seen local spinys
anywhere for sale, but do believe you. I would imagine the New England cold water bugs must have to go DEEP after being released in San Diego's warmer
weather....
I think I'll use the 'Jeapordy" method and phrase all my posts in the form of a question from here on!!! The older I :?get , the less I find out I
thought I knew...
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dean miller
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The majority of lobsters sold at New Port are probably imports - the panularis Cygnus of Australia or the jasusi Landi of south Africa, but on
occasion the local California Spiney lobster is sold, the panularis interruptus.
That area has so much polution from all the recent construction and influx of new residents and associated services that I would be hesitant to dine
on the local local lobsters.
sdm
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55steve
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Frank
We had to stop eating Manteca {lard} fried Lobsters before it killed us
last season. But what a way to go....
Now we split them down the middle and BBQ them, they taste just as good without all of the fat.
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I'm with ya Frank - we just split them and grill 'em - best way I know of!
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55steve
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
Currently the local live lobsters where I shop are running $15.95 #. $25 ea.+-
Not everyday fare!
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They were $15.95 lb a week ago at Sportsmens Seafoods - the price changed to $18.95 lb during the time we were eating lunch!
Sure glad I catch my own!
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