National Lobster Day...

The only time I ever made a lobster... I wanted to impress a really nice couple- that my husband & I are quite fond of... and I decided to have surf & turf... Lobster & a filet mignon... Well, I had no experience with cooking a lobster & I think I did it all wrong. I tried to shove the live lobster into a boiling pot-- which, obviously- it didn't want to go in.. I ended up having to have the male guest shove the lobster in the pot & hold down the lid to keep from having it jump out. Yeah, as I type-- it's pretty gruesome... I think we all ended up feeling that there had to be an easier way to do this... only until this year did I realize that I should have probably killed the lobster first. Hm. (I should also note that mostly for health reasons, I've switched over to mostly a vegetarian diet-- although as I'm looking up vegetarian websites for cooking inspiration, I remember why I became a vegan many years ago- given how cruely animals are treated & slaughtered... BUT let me also say, this blog is NOT a vegan/vegetarian site- I, not my family, is doing this change in diet... )
Back to lobster though... I live in New England and I have YET to have a "lobstah roll." One of these days I'll have to try one... It's basically a lot of fresh lobster meat, with mayo & maybe some celery on a torpedo/hot dog roll... People love it around here, but like I said, I've yet to try it.
There is this restaurant that on Thursdays sells whole lobsters really cheap. I only got it once. They are chicken lobsters... they are small & mine had a lot of barnacles on it.. I was kinda grossed out...
My MIL usually makes a lot of seafood for Christmas eve & last year I helped her prep lobster tails. Those came out really good-- with butter... My husband doesn't really see what the big deal is about lobster... I enjoy it though... There is another local place that makes lobster pizza which I really like too...
Finally I'm reminded of my FAVORITE Simpsons episode where Homer takes home a lobster that he names Pinchy... Every time Homer looks at the lobster- he sees this loving baby... everytime his wife Marge sees it, she sees this hissing lobster... Homer treats the lobster to risoto & at the end he gives Pinchy a bath- only to have someone point out that he's probably cooking the lobster in the hot water... In the end, Homer is eating his pet... crying and not sharing Pinchy with the rest of his family...

Well, around here- there are rumors that you can go to the docks and buy lobster off the boat. Every time I try to look it up on the internet where to go-- where to park, I find nothing. If I ever go on that adventure in search for lobstah--- I'll definitly update everyone!!