Did I happen to mention that Market Basket has them on special "Live and Kicking" for $3.99 per pound all this week?
In case I didn't make that big or flashy enough for you:$3.99 PER POUND...FOR LOBSTER...ANY SIZE...
That is all.
Did I happen to mention that Market Basket has them on special "Live and Kicking" for $3.99 per pound all this week?
In case I didn't make that big or flashy enough for you:$3.99 PER POUND...FOR LOBSTER...ANY SIZE...
That is all.
You need your ass kicked. :censored: :hammer: :rotf:
I'm lucky to get decent ground beef for the same price.
Yes, but there are no shells in ground beef. A 1 to 1-1/4 lb lobsters are good for about 5 to 6 ounces of meat.
It is your responsibility to enjoy plenty of lobster for those of us who are not blessed. Get eating :yum:
Already on it. My aunt is coming in October. She wants lobster bisque. I don't think she realizes that we don't just do the, "wave a piece of lobster over broth" and call it bisque. We put LOBSTER in it--chunks...big, huge, juicy chunks.You plan on keeping them in the tub till then? How about the cooling water tunnel?? There was a minor scandal years back about lobster and the screens at Shiller.....and lets not even think about divers and dry docks.
Although I'll do that, and probably keep it simple for her. The bisque, lobster rolls, or maybe lobster casserole. That ought to cover it.
You plan on keeping them in the tub till then? How about the cooling water tunnel?? There was a minor scandal years back about lobster and the screens at Shiller.....and lets not even think about divers and dry docks.
Those hard or soft shell ( am guessin soft )? Soft shell have way less meat (they contract to shed).
MB will even steam them for you IIRC. (Just don't leave the shells in your trash lest you want to encourage the black and white kitties.)
At $3.99/lb? I don't think it really matters, but I would imagine soft shell, given the warmth. And nah, I'll probably just have DeMoula's steam a couple and I'll freeze the meat.
Hannaford's even sells them for $6/lb lately, which is crazy cheap for them. I've been noticing that the seafood places have been pretty steady on all the other types of seafood, but lobster prices are dropping big-time over the past month. Poor Brown's isn't gonna be able to charge $11/lb for a paper plate and a wooden bench seating anymore at this rate!
And finally, you don't need to tell me about the "critters". We've had a coyote(s) going around eating the kitties (domestic and otherwise) for the last few weeks. I wouldn't be surprised to see some deer and turkeys back on the property again come this fall.
Not a huge lobster fan. I do like lobster meat in dishes. Lobster bisque is to die for (if done right). Lobster mac-n-cheese?? OMG! But, lobster is rich. A bit too rich for me. Especially dipped in rich butter. Not my thing. But that is a hell of a price. Why so cheap?
Weren't lobsters often given to the poor folk at one time?? I like lobster, BUT........ around here, they're still $10+/ lb.
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Actually, when the Pilgrims first landed, the Indians were using them as fertilizer for the fields. They were considered that lowly. They were also fed to those in debtors prisons. In fact, indentured servants in Mass once rebelled and had it specified that they wouldn't be forced to eat lobsters more than three times a week. Only when canning and freezing processes were improved around the mid-1800's did their popularity pick up...especially during WWII when they were considered a delicacy, and as such, weren't rationed. The consumption picked up because of the desire for protein-rich food, and people could more easily afford it.
Brought some home with me from the Market Basket in Plaistow, NH, after visiting my wife's father a couple weeks ago. Cooked them the second I got home. They survived the trip great. The boiling water? Not so much.
Yes -- I had LOBSTER this weekend, at the LOBSTER HOUSE, dammit!! :-) While sitting on the dock, on the water after being on the beach all day, so there! :tongue:
Wonder if they are cheaper this year, than last, from a little place up in Maine...that we ordered from last year?
I'd be willing to be THEY'RE paying less. As for whether they're CHARGING less remains an open question. I know restaurants aren't charging less.
Wonder if they are cheaper this year, than last, from a little place up in Maine...that we ordered from last year?
I was looking on the net and the prices were out of sight. If there is an over supply, these companies have not lowered their prices. At $30 for a one pound a pack of meat, I am going to pass.
Sparky, when my family jumped ship in Boston to escape the indentured servant status and wandered about in the 1640's they ended up on this river on the Maine side and settled in.
They were then called River Rats as they survived on what ever came out of the river. The Lobsters, clams oysters, fish of all kinds were so abundant that one only had to walk to the waters edge to gather and feed a family protein-- with the Berry's and nuts that grew wild.
Herring was a big one for nutrition, cod and eels that were caught in wearers, nets strung out at high tide that caught whatever as the tide went out. Soon the fish was dried on lines in the yard [ I have photographs that show this being done in the 1900 era on the front lawn of the family homestead.]
Way back, most every meat was salted to keep for winter. Fat was a problem and came from bear meat that made people ill.
It was years later that the first dairy cows came here, the first in America, up the river with 20 or so milking maids, sheep and milk goats,.
Once the cows and Oxen came in, people were able to farm, plow fields , uproot tree stumps, and build roads of a sorts.
However the river was the choice of going here or there, the farmers would load their rafts with their produce and head down the river to Portsmouth to sell, then go home on the tide.
The farmers became wealthy, as their produce was allways in demand.
It took a couple hundred years before some Frenchman accidental put Lobsters and other sea food together with melted butter and a lime or lemon.
I love that river Sparky, it is my heritage and my Mom stills lives on the land grant from Mass.
This was a lazy river as there was a small island at the mouth of the river that some one decided to blow up, now this river is the 2-3 fastest navigable river in the country
I was looking on the net and the prices were out of sight. If there is an over supply, these companies have not lowered their prices. At $30 for a one pound a pack of meat, I am going to pass.