Daughter brought down a short mess of lobstah for Mrs. PH's Birthday.

looks like we are having road trip lobster

If that's how the po' folks eat, I'm moving to Maine. Happy Birthday wish for Mrs. PH.

Isn't that looahbstah? Or is that the Jersey version.

Looks good either way. Can't wait to gorge myself on them little crustaceans in a couple of months.

from one 8/26 baby to another wish your wife a happy birthday.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
If that's how the po' folks eat, I'm moving to Maine.

Lobster was traditionally a "po' folks" food. Prior to about 150 years ago, it was traditionally only eaten by servants, prisoners, and the destitute.

Even today, it's only expensive elsewhere in the country because it's expensive to transport live, thus resulting in high prices the farther you get from the source. It's still cheap in Maine.


In Maine, lobster is no big deal. It's readily available on the cheap. When I lived there for a time, it took me a little while to wrap my head around that. A typical conversation with my friends would be something like:

"I'm kinda hungry... Want to grab a burger?"

"Nah... Let's get some lobster."

"Okay. But I had that yesterday."

Then we'd find a lobster shack, I'd throw down like $5, and eat a fresh-steamed lobster. Cheaper than McDonalds.

When I first saw the picture I was thinking they were just big mud bugs (crawdads) that cousin louie pulled out of the puddle or ditch in the back yard. I still remember the line in the movie Tom Horn when he sat down to the big cattlemen's dinner and there as a massive lobster on the plate in front of him and he was asked what the thought about it and replied: "That's the biggest damn bug I've ever seen." or something to that effect.

I am allergic to shellfish so that looks like a plateful of poison to me.

However, since you are not allergic, enjoy!

Beats my grilled cheese sammich

Them’s the biggest bugs I ever saw.

Happy with my swiss cheese sammy and tater chips.

What does lobster cost for the locals at the dock in Maine?

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Originally posted by BBMW:
What does lobster cost for the locals at the dock in Maine?

It varies by area, demand and catch but around here $5 to $7 per pound for shedders is about average. Hard shells can go over $9.

A "shedder" is a lobster that has just moved into a larger shell (molted). The shell is impressive but the meat inside hasn't grown into it yet so it can be deceptive.

I actually prefer shedders as they're sweeter. The ones we had today were about half-way in between, they'd been in their new home for a while and were pretty well filled out.

I also ate red food for lunch, borscht soup. It was good (homemade), but not lobster good. For dinner, chicken corn chowder.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:


Daughter brought down a short mess of lobstah for Mrs. PH's Birthday.

Hey, it’s my wife’s birthday, too!

Waaaaaiiiiit a minute....

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Originally posted by SigJacket:

Hey, it’s my wife’s birthday, too!

Waaaaaiiiiit a minute....

Yer safe, the actual date was Friday the 24th.

By definition, po'folks don't gots no lunch.

Did she keep the adults for herself ?

I was just in NH for a couple weeks, had to do the whole lobsters for dinner's and some lobster rolls for lunch's - plus some fried clams.

I also thought they were crawdads and ready for the jambalaya stewpot!

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Originally posted by lbj:
I am allergic to shellfish so that looks like a plateful of poison to me.

However, since you are not allergic, enjoy!

Well, I'm not allergic, but I don't like lobster or other shellfish. I only eat seafood that had fins. YMMV

flashguy