Approaches To Prepare Live Lobster
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When a live lobster for delivery arrives at your door carefully unpack and make sure claws all have been banded before handling. Sometimes they may slip during transit. You do not want a loose claw to grab one of your fingers as it would snap it into like a twig. Only take the bands off claws when the lobster has died.
Defrosting frozen lobster meat or whole lobsters can destroy the flavors of them. Instead take directly from the freezer and heat until they are warm not hot. This will give you delicious tender lobster that takes as fresh as the day you placed it in the freezer.
Boiling fresh live lobsters is done by placing them into a pot of boiling salted water for approximately 10 minutes a pound. Water should immerse the entire lobster within the big deep pot.
Lobsters heads hold much of the water they were boiled in so making a slight hole in them will drain out the cooking juices and seal the flavors in. The meat will be tender and mouthwatering when removed from the shells.
You can also recycle the water the lobsters were boiled in and freeze in jars or bags for soups or casseroles that you may want to make in the future.
Be sure your live lobsters are healthy. When you touch or handle a lobster its tail should curl downward and then go back to normal when let go of. You should always take a sniff of your lobsters before cooking to make sure they all smell of freshness. If there is a strange unrecognizable scent to them then never cook them as they could make you and your family sick. They are best cooked as soon as you receive them.
Timing is everything when cooking live lobsters. The harder shelled lobsters take more time than the softer shelled ones do. The softer shelled are considered to be the most tender of the two.
You can also grill whole lobsters on a hot to medium hot setting. Place the lobsters back onto grill and turn them once the shell turns a bright shade of red. Once turned cook about 5 minutes more until you think it looks done.
Live lobsters for delivery can be split and cooked on the grill too. Place split sides down first and cook three minutes then turn to shell side and cook about 6 minutes longer. The shell will be the shade of bright red as it is when boiling when done. Add some lemon juice squeezed on it and of course butter and your ready to eat.
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