We are experiencing a very bad weather patterns across the country and in Maine as well. There is no catch of lobster around the coast of Maine that cause a huge spike in lobster price. While we still honor all the orders that has placed, we made some price increases on our live lobster products to keep up with the cost rises. We hope for your understanding and hopefully price will come down soon when there is more catch.

Tips On How To Eat A Whole Lobster Delicately?

by Fishermen's Net

Lobster can be considered as the greatest and tastiest creature among those in the ocean. This type of seafood is also one of the trickiest seafoods to eat once it reaches the table. Having understood your concern, Fishermen’s Net is going to give you the best experience with lobster ever. Today’s blog is all about how to eat a whole lobster delicately. Let’s get started!

How to eat a whole lobster?

What to prepare before eating lobster?

As we have already stated at the beginning, lobster can be a challenging dish for many people to eat. Therefore, we suggest that you should be well-prepared before heading to the table. 

In the process of getting ready, a seafood tool set is certainly what you cannot miss. Please have a look at some of the essential instruments for eating lobster.

  • Bib: This heavy-duty tool helps to protect your clothes from the splashes and splatters that can accompany eating seafood. Most of the bibs are specially designed with neck ties for secure wear. Therefore, you can be totally assured that you and your beloved outfits will not be dirty when eating lobster.

Wear a bib when eating lobster

  • Fork: Lobster fork is a long, narrow food utensil which is used to help scrape the meat out. Especially, it provides you with the ability to extract those meat from joints, legs, claws or other small parts of lobster that are hard to take out by hands.
  • Lobster cracker: Besides from the tiny fork, you need to prepare yourself a lobster cracker. This instrument is manufactured with the purpose of cracking the hard shells of seafood such as crab and lobster. 

Prepare tiny forks and lobster crackers

  • Towelette: Finally, you can end your eating-lobster process by cleansing your hands with a towelette.  

Use towelette to cleanse your hands after eating lobster

Now that you are ready with the necessary tools, let’s learn how to eat a whole lobster delicately. 

How to eat a whole lobster? 

  • The tail

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    Let’s start with the easiest part of a lobster - The tail. 

    Firstly, remove the tail from the lobster’s body by pulling or twisting it. 

    Next, there are two options for you to choose. You can pull off the fins at the bottom, then pull the lobster meat out of the hole it creates. On the other hand, try to pull the tail apart from where it is attached to the body. This is to help split the lobster tain into two halves. 

    Twist the tail to remove it from the lobster's body

    Continue this process with the tiny fork. Whether it is in a whole or in halves, just simply use the fork to pull the meat out of the shell. So as to have the best taste, try to do it in one piece. 

  • The claws

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    After you have done enjoying the lobster tail, it is time for you to crack open the claws. 

    First of all, twist the claws off right at the connection between them and the lobster’s body. By doing this, you are likely to have the whole lobster’s “arm” taken out. 

    Twist the claws to separate them from the lobster's body

    Then, use the lobster cracker to break the shell right in the middle of it and between the grabby parts. With proper force, there will be an opening where you can pull the meat out with the lobster fork. 

    Crack the shell using lobster cracker

  • Other tiny bits

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    Do not forget the tiny bits

    Apart from the two main parts (the tail and the claws) where you can find the majority of lobster meat, try the tiny bits. You can take the meat out of the tail fins’ end, or you can get it from the knuckle. Despite there are not much to eat, we are sure that you do not want to miss any single taste of this delicious dish. 

    Through today’s article, Fishermen’s Net hopes that you are now able to know how to eat a whole lobster. 

    Visit our blog for more useful tips related to lobster. Feel free to contact us via the below contact information if you have any further questions or requests. 

    • Website: www.mualobster.com
    • Address: 849 Forest Ave, Portland, ME 04103.
    • Tel: +1 (207) 772-3565.
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