It's Lobster Season In Sunny Florida

So I made some Lobster Rolls today. It's a very simple traditional recipe. Good like crazy.

So a spectacular way to cook lobster is to poach it gently in butter, slowly, so the meat doesn't toughen.



Stuck a couple of wooden skewers in each tail too. This keeps them from curling up once the muscle begins to cook.







A couple of minutes on the other side, and. . . . .



Remove the shells. How nice do those look?







Before the breakdown.



Getting close. . . .



What's a guy to do with all that lobster-scented butter?



I think you know where this is going. ..



Heck, if you have butter, you can't throw it away. Might as well use it to grill the buns.



Celery, before. . . .



OK, I'm ready for my close-up!

 

Tasty looking indeed
was the second one for Mrs Reef Sparky?

I bet she chuckled as you documented the procedure?

Steve

 

Beautiful....and you have successfully made me hungry too, lol

 

Yes on both counts.

 

My wife was pretty impatient herself.

 

I haven't had an appetite for over a month, so this hungry feeling is quite welcome. ;D
Bet she was pretty pleased with ya!

 

Nice, my uncle dives down there and I love the lobster tails he brings up here from time to time. Me being from new england there is no substitution for fresh maine lobsters, but these sea roaches come in at a close 2nd.

~Will.

 

Not as pleased as she was to simply have dinner!

True. There's nothing like a Maine. We call 'em bugs here in FL. They're technically crayfish, but they're mighty tasty!

 

Rock Lobsta? ;D

 

those do look good

closest things we get to those are crawdads.

i have only cooked them a couple times but we catch em in the river, up at the lake, or in some ponds all the time. we catch them with our hands. you just have to look for the biggest ones you can find (6-8 inches) then you reach from behind and grab them with your thumb and pointer finger right behind their arms with the claws, on the smooth part of their back before the tail starts. they can't pinch you at all when you grab them like that because their arms can't bend enough. anyways its a lot of fun and its really exciting.

only have cooked a couple big ones before, just boiled and served with butter and lemon

dang now I'm hungry

anyways nice job