What are your favorite preparation methods?

I lucked into receipt of 4 live Maine Lobster which arrive Friday (on dry ice). I can certainly look up a recipe and prep method, but I thought I'd see how you Yahoo's like to prepare them.

Cheers!

Most New Englanders just immerse the beast into boiling water for about 12 minutes.
Have nutcrackers, melted butter and hungry humans ready.


There is "Baked Stuffed" lobster but that's restaurant fare and lobstas just don't last very long around the house for that.


From the interwebz...

Boil a lobster for 10 minutes per pound, for the first pound. Add 3 minutes per pound for each additional pound thereafter. For example, a 1 1/2-pound lobster should boil for 11 1/2 minutes, and a 2-pound lobster should boil for l3 minutes. Lobster is cooked when it’s bright red.



Enjoy your lobstas and take pics for us and the sender !

I do them for Christmas dinner every year along with a big prime rib. Parboil for 3 to five mins. Ice bath to stop cooking until cool to the touch. Use a cleaver to cut them in half lengthwise . Melted Butter and lemon juice each exposed half and put on the barbecue . 3 to 4 minutes a side make sure to flip each once .

Gives them a smoky nutty flavor that is unbeatable IMHO.

This ^^^


You can also broil them to finish if it isn't BBQ season. Sweat a clove of garlic in your basting butter and give a light dusting of paprika for show.


Lucky.

OK I'm gonna cook them up Tom Joad style because I like other dishes where I pre-cook them and finish on the Que, I hadnt thought about that for these critters so I'm glad I asked!

I will post pics during the process if I remember...

I hope it works out for you. I believe less is more when cooking lobster so go light on any spices.

chicken

Chicken, yes spice the shat out of it , it carries your flavors.
When it comes to fish and shell fish I think people are afraid of the natural flavor and get heavy handed. Halibut and lobster are two that need no more than salt pepper butter and lemon. Cook til opaque and stop.

I totally agree.


However, garlic is as complimentary to Shrimp as it is to Lobster and Paparika isn't really a flavor more than adding color. It does have a slight nuttiness that accents the browned butter as noted previously.


You should try it. If you have to try and mask the flavor of seafood, you should first question its age.

I will. Try some pimenton a real spicey smokey version of paprika. World market at pike place has lots of variety of paprika as well. I use several different kinds in my rubs for smoking meats.

I once was a cook at a high end seafood restaurant. We steamed all our lobster.

Yep, that's a sure thing.

I'd do two the Californie BBQ method and two traditional, steamed.

Haggens had (Canadian atlantic) tails on sale for $5/ea so I bought 6. Split them with kitchen shears, then devaned and rinsed them. Paula Deen's savory seasoning (kosher salt, granulated garlic, and pepper), and olive oil on top. Place under the broiler until done, just a few minutes. Served it with clarified garlic butter (light on the garlic).



I too worked in a few fine dining restaurants, cook, prep, and so on.

That's a great price Andy. I much prefer the Atlantic lobster to the Carribean and Australian.

Nice looking flank too! We also had a flank steak along with our dinner Saturday.

The tails turned out great, thanks for the suggestions. We had six whole live lobster, blanched them, them finished on the grill. Butter and garlic sauce only. Was delicious!

I like lobster, but not for the typical prices I see. Buying tails only seems economical, but getting whole lobsters delivered live, you pay a hefty premium for a lot of weight you cannot consume.

What Dave said, we would go back to Camden Maine to visit my brother every year, have a lobster fest steaming with some added spice of choice is the way to go, tried boiling BBq just didn't seem to be as flavorable

Ifou boil your lobster you are making lobster flavored water.

Don't break the shell before you 'em !

Tried the BBQ method today for the first time, it turned out pretty good. Now to work on the Prime RIb.