| Like many people, I traveled to visit
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| | best-tasting lobster, always follow these
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| relatives over the holidays. I flew south
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| | two rules: 1. Always buy lobsters that
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| from Maine to Florida. Weather conditions
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| | have been caught and shipped the same
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| were perfect for flying, and the flight
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| | day, not lobsters that have been
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| was on time and trouble free. Thank
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| | previously caught and stored in tanks
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| goodness my luggage arrived with me, as I
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| | where they suffer atrophy, and 2. Always
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| was carrying a dozen live lobsters with
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| | steam your lobster rather than boil it.
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| me. I didn't want my most prized
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| | To accomplish #1, buy your lobsters from
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| Christmas gift to get left behind.
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| | a Maine company that ships lobsters the
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| This was the first time I decided to
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| | same day they are caught. To accomplish
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| bring lobsters with me when visiting
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| | #2, follow this recipe:
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| relatives down south. The sweet,
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| | Steamed Lobster
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| succulent taste is a rare treat for them.
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| | Ingredients:
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| The spiny lobsters native to the Florida
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| | 2 lobsters
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| coast are actually not even members of
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| | 3 tbps Sea Salt or Regular Salt
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| the lobster family. Scientifically, they
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| | Instructions:
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| are members of the crayfish family. The
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| | Add about 1" of water into a large
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| taste doesn't doesn't compare to a real
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| | kettle. Add 3 TBSP. of salt. When water
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| Maine lobster.
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| | reaches a full boil, put in the live
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| It was decided to have a lobster feast on
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| | lobsters. Cover immediately and let the
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| Christmas eve. While enjoying some
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| | water boil again. Once boiling, lower the
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| cordials and company, I decided to wander
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| | heat from high, but keep the heat high
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| into the kitchen while dinner was being
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| | enough to maintain boiling which produces
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| prepared, and to my horror I arrived just
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| | the steam that cooks the lobsters.
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| in time to see the lobsters about to be
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| | Approximate cooking time:
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| cooked in a full pot of boiling water.
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| | 15 minutes for 1 - 2 small hard-shell
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| Many people erroneously believe that the
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| | lobsters
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| proper way to cook a lobster is to boil
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| | 20 minutes for 1 - 2 large hard-shell
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| it. While lobsters can be cooked that
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| | lobsters.
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| way, it is not the best method. Being
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| | Reduce cooking time by 3 minutes for
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| placed in boiling water will remove much
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| | new-shell (soft-shell) lobsters.
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| of the natural flavor of the lobster.
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| | Lobsters are done when the outer shell is
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| In order to enjoy the most succulent
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| | completely bright red or the antennae
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| lobster taste, the only way to prepare
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| | pull out easily. Serve with melted
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| them is by steaming. For the absolute
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| | butter.
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