Hard shell

[Laserart]

lobster, the best ! But yesterday I got a 2 1/2 pounder that I had to crack the claws with a hammer. I took it out on the back deck , laid it on the top of the post and hit 3 or 4 times before it would crack. Next time I will use some type of clamp, maybe a "C" clamp to open it. Nut crackers wouldn't even fit on the claw and even if it did I doubt it would have worked.

[CarlWohlforth]

Wow, tough shell on that one! I love lobster. We used to get your Maine lobsters cheaply here, but those days are gone. Just saw some healthy looking ones for $12.99/lb but the claws were small for the bodies.

[Bubblehead]

 

$12.99 Lb?  Wow, seems awfully high for small claw examples...

Are they being farmed?  Successfully?  I guess I could always google
farmed lobsters, huh?  

Somewhere, someone is messing with lobster genetic material.  You watch,
one day, there will be lobsters on the market having a claw as large as it's body.

 

[Laserart]

Lobsters start at $4.99 lb. up to $7 for the bigger ones like the one I got.

[Bubblehead]

 

I was bored.  I am, a lot, lately.    I searched Farmed Lobsters.  Read a couple of

enlightening comments from seemingly knowledgeable fisherpersons...

Farming lobsters is being done.  It has been done for many years.  Trouble is, farming

them is very time consuming, and lots 'n lots of trouble.  They eat their young.  Need colder

water to grow faster; slow growth in warmer waters.  They migrate a lot.  They take 7 years to

grow to any decent size.  What farming that is accomplished now, seems to be raising little suckers to a

size equating to good survival, and then dumping them to grow on their own...

Oh...  Big ones (up to 20lbs) and little ones, 1 lb+ are all supposed to taste good!  If I ever ate

one larger than 2 lbs, I don't recall...course, I prolly couldn't have afforded it in the first place...

   

[Laserart]

I think Red Lobster restaurants use farmed lobster because they are so small. If they used wild lobster they would be twice as big.