Coach usually keeps a keen eye on the cooking and baking forum, due to the frequent entertaining brawls that erupt amongst the hateful ladies there. I think this thread ran, though, while he was occupied by his Top DUmmy chores and the TLB dustup, because I don't recall seeing it here in The DUmpster. There's none of the usual bloodshed here. Mrs. Alfred Packer, DUmmy hippywife (who, as TLB pointed out, is so dumb she misspelled her own user name) has received a gift card for live lobsters. Her stingy, primitive husband, the legendary cannibal Alfred Packer, who still refuses to buy a new freezer, has informed her that his mother and sister will visit for New Year's Day, and DUmmy hippywife is ordered to get those free lobsters and fix them for the Packer clan. It's to be expected that the Packers will devour their lobsters in the manner of the mermaid Daryl Hannah, crunching them up shell and all. Anyway, hippywife gives a runnning commentary on the preparations, and her lust for the Fedex delivery man:
hippywife (1000+ posts) Wed Dec-30-09 06:27 PM
Original message
Okay, about these lobsters.
I placed the order today. They will be arriving tomorrow at work (I'm off, a decision I made after I placed the order) but will go in and pick them up when they arrive.
From what I'm reading, they really do need to be killed and cooked ASAP as I do not have a saltwater tank to keep them alive until Friday afternoon when we are planning to have Bill's mom and sister for dinner.
So, unless someone has a better idea, it sounds like we will have to kill them tomorrow and pick all the meat out and chill it until we're ready to use it.
Does this sound correct?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=236x72988hippywife (1000+ posts) Wed Dec-30-09 06:45 PM
Response to Reply #1
2. I have no idea how fresh they will be.
I was going by what it said on their website:
http://lobsters-online.com/docs/lobsterinfo.htm
Lobsters must be cooked soon after they are purchased. They will die in fresh water, so they must either be kept in seawater, wrapped in a wet cloth or seaweed and stored for no more than a few hours on a bed of ice in the refrigerator. All lobsters must either be cooked live or killed immediately prior to cooking. They may be cleaned before or after cooking, depending on the cooking method and the way in which they are to be used.
from THE FOOD LOVER'S COMPANION, 2nd edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst, Barron's Educational Services, Inc.
I had to have the order in by 2 p.m. eastern time today and when I tried to call an hour before that, I had a devil of a time getting through. They lines were busy, busy, busy! I'm hoping that is a really good sign.
Tesha (1000+ posts) Wed Dec-30-09 08:09 PM
Response to Reply #3
6. They keep them in huge tanks...
... in very close to natural living conditions.
Cold sea water is filtered and kept moving through the tanks - it's optimum - it'd be foolish of them to do less, right?
It's their business to keep them as perfect as possible.
You order - they pack - they ship - you receive - and enjoy!
What will it be then? Oh, and don't forget to save the shells for bisque!
There will be no shells to save. The Packer family will chew them up like Fritos.
hippywife (1000+ posts) Wed Dec-30-09 08:20 PM
Response to Reply #6
7. That's really good to know.
I never would have done this, and I kinda wish he hadn't sent the gift certificate. But it was an incredibly nice gesture on his part.
DUmmy Warpy is in a surprisingly good mood for someone who has just been crushed by Pam and bobbolink in the Top DUmmy competition:
Warpy (1000+ posts) Thu Dec-31-09 02:10 AM
Response to Original message
9. You can keep them in a paper bag in the fridge for a day or two
Keeping them cold is key. You don't want to keep them wet.
They'll be alive but very unhappy on Friday. The pot of boiling water will come as a relief.
I would trust DUmmy Warpy on that. She knows how a crustacean brain works.
Now the lobsters become a secondary concern:
hippywife (1000+ posts) Thu Dec-31-09 04:49 PM
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11. The lobster have landed!
Fedx just arrived with the lobstahs.
The Fedx driver was very funny. He walked up to the house wearing shorts for one thing and it's freezing cold out with ice and snow on the ground.
He said: "Ma'am, has our company contacted you?"
Me: "No, why?"
Him: "Well we've recently become concerned for the safety of our customers and...
Me: "You want to test those out for me, don't you?"
He was pretty funny, and what a hunka! Oh, to be young again! Whew! He hung around and we talked for a few about the lobster. He asked what time he should be here for dinner.
I guess I'm going to unpack the box and make sure they're all alive and okay, and then store them outside in Bill's workshop where it's unheated and very cold since I don't have room for all of this in my fridge.
If Alfred came in while all this flirting was going on, this story may have had an ending as tragic as the one written by franksolich.
hippywife (1000+ posts) Thu Dec-31-09 05:12 PM
14. I'm waiting for Bill to
get back in the house. He's out taking care of the chickens.
pengillian101 (1000+ posts) Thu Dec-31-09 08:57 PM
Response to Reply #11
17. What a little stinker you are!
"He was pretty funny, and what a hunka! Oh, to be young again! Whew! He hung around and we talked for a few about the lobster. He asked what time he should be here for dinner."
Our UPS guy is also funny and he ain't so bad looking either
pengilliannumbers is a slut.
hippywife (1000+ posts) Thu Dec-31-09 09:22 PM
20. Oh, heck honey!
He was sooooo cute. If I didn't love Bill so much, I'd have invited him to eat lobster with me tonight. He was tall, had like a swimmers or volleyball players build, dark hair and mustache, part Native American. And did I mention he was wearing shorts?????
pengillian101 (1000+ posts) Thu Dec-31-09 10:00 PM
Response to Reply #20
24. Oh, you are almost naughty!
My UPS guy shows up only when the regular UPS gal is off, so it's a hit and a miss if he shows up. But he's a cutie alright, and not too young.
DUmmy hippywife is getting all discombobulated now:
hippywife (1000+ posts) Thu Dec-31-09 10:08 PM
Response to Reply #24
25. As far as I know he doesn't read around here. LOL
I'm telling you, this guy had legs clear up to his ass! Whoa!
hippywife (1000+ posts) Thu Dec-31-09 11:20 PM
33. Oh you should have known me back in the day.
I used to go see Steppenwolf every time they came to town just so I could watch John Kay in person. Another one with legs clear up to his ass.
It's okay to have a little naughty streak. Life would be boring if we didn't.
tigereye (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-01-10 03:41 PM
Response to Reply #33
43. to quote a cliche, "just cuz you're in a diet, doesn't mean you can't look at
the menu!"
hippywife (1000+ posts) Thu Dec-31-09 09:19 PM
Response to Reply #18
19. We just opened up
the styrofoam and made sure they were all alive and in good shape, scared the kitties with them, and then put them back in and put it out in Bill's woodworking shop outside. It's really cold here and the low tonight is expected to be 18. So they won't get toooo cold but they will be dry and cool all night. We're gonna eat them at about 2 p.m. tomorrow.
hippywife (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-01-10 06:16 PM
Response to Original message
49. Lobstah dinner.
Bill was taking pics before I had everything on the table, but he did the lobster and the clams while I made the sides.
<<<<photo of dead lobsters and dead clams>>>>
hippywife (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-02-10 10:26 AM
Response to Reply #54
61. Thanx, Phentex.
The lobsters were good, as were the sides. Those olives were just canned ones I threw on the table when I put out the smoked salmon spread for Bill, his mom, and sister to snack on while the lobsters and clams were boiling. Since it was a late lunch/early dinner thing I knew everyone would be hungry.
Maybe DUmmy hippywife will be ordering more stuff for Fedex delivery while the Packers are crunching up their lobster shells.