Food Fun and Facts  Tips on Buying Lobster- How to Choose the Best Lobster

Tips on Buying Live Lobsters


LOBSTERS ARE IN SEASON FROM JUNE THROUGHSEPTEMBER, BUT YOU CAN GET THEM ANYTIME  IN THE YEAR.  AUGUST IS MOLTING TIME, AND  YOU WILL FIND THERE IS LESS MEAT IN A LOBSTER  DURING THIS PERIOD. 

THE SHELL OF A LIVE LOBSTER IS USUALLY A  MOTTLED DARK GREEN.  BOILING MAKES THE SHELLS  OF ALL LOBSTERS TURN  BRIGHT RED.

UNCOOKED LOBSTERS SHOULD BE ALIVE WHEN  PURCHASED. IN BUYING A BOILED LOBSTER,  STRAIGHTEN ITS TAIL;  IF THE TAIL SPRINGS BACK  INTO PLACE, THE LOBSTER WAS ALIVE, AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, WHEN BOILED.  



 
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An Old Street Cry for Lobster!

"Who will buy my lobsters?  Yesterday
These were down in Boston Bay.
Come, little maiden, buy one!  Buy,
And you may suck his claws all day."
Author Unknown

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The Nutritional Value of Lobster
3-1/2 oz. of lobster meat have 90 calories.  Lobster also has Omega 3 fatty acids, which is the good cholesterol.


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