4Horses and Holding wrote:
CdnHorseGal wrote:
Butter, and lots of it. White wine. Tarragon (just a smidge). Fresh cracked black pepper and/or chili flakes in small quantity. Fresh-grated (not that nasty dust junk) parmesan or reggiano cheese (lots!). Linguine.

Melt the butter. Add some wine. Spices to taste. It should be unctuous.

Cook the pasta, and steam the tails over the boiling water.

Slice the cooked (not overcooked! Slightly undercooked is preferable!) lobster into little medallions.

When the pasta is done, pour the butter sauce over it. Toss. Add cheese (lots!). Last-moment, add the lobster medallions and toss again. Plate. Apply to face.

(this recipe also works with geoduck clam fabulously, but you'd add some clam jus as well)

CHG
This would probably work with shrimp, too?

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My dad & stepmom used to dive and we'd have so many lobsters in the freezer we'd get sick of eating them. It'd be four kids all saying "lobster again?"


Yep. Shrimp (though I might use a dot of dill instead of tarragon), lobster, geoduck, surf clam... you can boost the seafoodiness by boiling the seafood instead of steaming it, and then boiling down the water to enhance the flavor. Just never, ever overcook the meat.  Oh, and any of them could have a little garlic added, if you like.  I forgot about garlic.  Roasted if you have it.

I ate lobster probably twice a week growing up, as we had a source. Still can't get enough of it (or oysters... nom nom nom). My grandfather-in-law worked 25 years at the Fulton Fish Market, and said he'd never seen anyone else who could get as much meat out of a lobster as I could.   And the T&T Supermarket near me sometimes sells BIG lobsters pretty cheap.  Those people who say 2-ish pounders taste better are lying, and/or trying to keep the big ones to them (our)selves.  Those 7-10 pounders are delicious.

And Brian - it's actually air escaping from the shells as it expands in the body cavity.  I know for a fact, since I kill my lobsters before cooking them.  I suspect they don't have the capacity to feel pain (having an exoskeleton and all) or fear, but I still prefer to know they die instantly, rather than over a minute or so as they boil.

CHG To the death!