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Bob H
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Cooking Lobster Tails
OK - we are the proud owners of four lobster tails, each one is about 4 to 5 ounces. What is your favorite way to cook them up? We are thinking of
cutting them in half and cooking them in a pan with melted butter, a little oil (?) and some minced garlic - 0h and a dash of salt and pepper (and
other spices??). We don't want to boil them.... Any favorite methods that Nomads use - please just let us know.... then I will tell you how they came
out.
Gracias,
Bob H
PS: Then I will enjoy a fine cigar for desert
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UnoMas
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Bob, I like to split them in half, ease the tail out of the shell as it will be more difficult to do once cooked and place on top. Put a pat of butter
on top and broil 3-5 minutes don't over cook but make sure that it is opaque all the way through. Serve with drawn butter, garlic bread and salad.
Don't kill it with a bunch of spices.......
Unomas
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tp
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@ 8:28 p.m. asking for recepies? Cook your lobster tails the way you like it. Tomorrow they are old!
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Split shell, pull all but very tip of tail out of shell & slather with butter & toss on the BBQ, shell down, meat up! When the meat is white,
it's time to enjoy!!! Spices would be sacrilege! NO oil, no garlic, just
butter!
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UnoMas
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Longlegs,
You got it got it! Good lobster only needs butter, I cook from the top down, you cook from the top up. We should have had him bring them over and we
could show him
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tp
@ 8:28 p.m. asking for recepies? Cook your lobster tails the way you like it. Tomorrow they are old! |
Well, first of all... welcome to the Baja Nomad Board. You will quickly learn how gracious our fellow Nomads are here with short notice! It appears
that was your only opinion.
Thanks anyway,
Bob H
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Bob H
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Hey, we cooked it up... here's the way it went. We melted 1/2 cup of real butter in an electric skillet, plopped some slices of garlic in there. On
the tails, we butterflied them a bit, added a pinch of ground pepper (from India) and sea salt, along with a sprinkle of paprika. Put them in the
pan, meat side down, covered, and simmered for 8 minutes. Plucked them out of the pan, poured the remaining butter sauce for dipping. WOW - were
they good! This recipe was sooooo good, it would jump up and slap yo mamma!
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh
Bob H
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UnoMas
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Bob;
Mama is laying on the floor, dead from a heart attach after hearing what you did to those poor LOSTERS.......Next time bring them to Mi Casa, I will
fix them up for you. 
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tp
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
| Quote: | Originally posted by tp
@ 8:28 p.m. asking for recepies? Cook your lobster tails the way you like it. Tomorrow they are old! |
Well, first of all... welcome to the Baja Nomad Board. You will quickly learn how gracious our fellow Nomads are here with short notice! It appears
that was your only opinion.
Thanks anyway,
Bob H |
B.H., not quite sure what you mean with your post.
.... gracious ... w/ short notice.... ???
and no, not my only opinion, but a very important one.
Lobster tails from yesterday are old for sure.
There is a restaurant in La Paz called Bismarck... it is said that they pie on the ones from yesterday to make'em tasty again...
true or false? I don't know.
By the way, catching Lobster in Baja is illegal . So cook'em and forget posting about it.
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by UnoMas
Bob;
Mama is laying on the floor, dead from a heart attach after hearing what you did to those poor LOSTERS.......Next time bring them to Mi Casa, I will
fix them up for you. |
You know what.... they melted in our mouths.... absolutely wonderful.
Bob H
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tp
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
| Quote: | Originally posted by tp
By the way, catching Lobster in Baja is illegal . So cook'em and forget posting about it. |
I've been around here long enough to know this - thanks for the tidpit of info anyway. I bought these lobsters here locally in San Diego - was just
sharing info about how we made them - and they were outstanding. Try it sometime.
Welcome, and thanks again.
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UnoMas
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tp;
You mean to tell that lobster tails from Maine are too old to be good when flown to the west coast and served the next day No one said that they caught the lobsters illegally either. 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by UnoMas
tp;
You mean to tell that lobster tails from Maine are too old to be good when flown to the west coast and served the next day No one said that they caught the lobsters illegally either.
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Well, well, well, don't you know that cold water lobsters are VERY different from warm water lobsters?
Did anybody talk about Maine lobsters here?
Did anybody talk about catching lobsters in Maine?
I did say that catching lobsters in Baja is illegal.
Reading is one thing, understanding what's written, something else.
Try again Buddy.
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UnoMas
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Tp,
Forget about Maine lobsters, used that as only an example. So you say spiney lobsters are no good after the 2nd. day, You think that they hit the
streets commercially that quick in Mexico? I will take all you can round up if that is the case. I do agree that as with any fish the fresher the
better, but one day, come on!
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tp
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| Quote: | Originally posted by UnoMas
Tp,
Forget about Maine lobsters, used that as only an example. So you say spiney lobsters are no good after the 2nd. day, You think that they hit the
streets commercially that quick in Mexico? I will take all you can round up if that is the case. I do agree that as with any fish the fresher the
better, but one day, come on! |
again, understanding.........
a warm water lobster is different, very different from a cold water lobster.
And NO they do not hit the road quickly in Mexico ... and you can easily taste that. After one day the Baja Lobsters are OLD ! Old enough to taste
diff than fresh, that's my point.
A Maine lobster is still good even three days after catch.
They are warm water lobsters and that's the problem.
I bought lobsters from the boat here in Baja. Somehow good. But by far not as good as Maine lobsters.
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hummm...
that explains the flavor when last time we ate at Bismark. Sent 4 tails back - all smelled like amonia. The waitron actually insisted they were fine,
i said ok - have the cook come out and eat mine!
TP - we sure enjoy your positive participation here........ I find your input positively "saubering".
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tp
I bought lobsters from the boat here in Baja. Somehow good. But by far not as good as Maine lobsters. |
It's a different animal, expert.
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IMO Maine lobsters always taste better than our Pacific spiny lobsters, no matter when they're eaten.
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Hey Charmin,
Like your way of " How to make friends and influence people".
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
OK - we are the proud owners of four lobster tails, each one is about 4 to 5 ounces. What is your favorite way to cook them up? We are thinking of
cutting them in half and cooking them in a pan with melted butter, a little oil (?) and some minced garlic - 0h and a dash of salt and pepper (and
other spices??). We don't want to boil them.... Any favorite methods that Nomads use - please just let us know.... then I will tell you how they came
out.
Gracias,
Bob H
PS: Then I will enjoy a fine cigar for desert |
If you can get the whole lobster live next time you should try the tail meat sashimi style with a bit of fresh ground wasabi and soy. Sweet and
succulent, you will wonder why anyone would want to cook it. Then steam the legs and dip meat in ponzu then use the carapice for miso lobster soup.
Yummy! 
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