Cooking Hints For Live Lobster For Delivery To Your Home

Once you have received your live lobster for delivery be sure and leave the bands on the claws as long as it is alive. These claws are very strong and with one quick snip can give you a broken finger if your not careful. The bands are to be removed as soon as the lobster is dead.

Defrosting frozen lobster meat or whole lobsters can destroy the flavors of them. Do not overcook when heating they should only be warm not hot to the touch. The meat will become a lot tougher if it gets to hot or is cooked to long.

For fresh live lobsters it only takes 10 to 14 minutes to boil per pound. Water needs to be boiling for the best flavor and tender meat when dropping in the lobster to the pot. Lobsters should be covered with water completely, therefore you will need a deep extra large pot.

Piercing the head with a hole allows the excess water from cooking to be drained once taken out of the cooking pot. This helps the meat inside stay tender and just ripe with flavor.

Casseroles and stews are even better when you add in the water the lobster was cooked within. All the flavors mingle together to provide your dishes with a surprising but tasty delight.

Healthy lobsters will put up a fight with you when you pick them up. Never cook a lobster whose tail is straight this means he died in transit or before cooking. You should always take a sniff of your lobsters before cooking to make sure they all smell of freshness. If there is a strange unrecognizable scent to them then never cook them as they could make you and your family sick. They are best cooked as soon as you receive them.

When preparing to cook your live lobster know that the hard shell takes longer to cook and the softer shelled ones take less time.

For the more health conscious of us lobsters also tastes wonderful when grilled. This is a lot less messy than the boiling too. Whole lobsters are placed onto a hot grill and then left on one side til it turns bright red then turned and left on opposite side until that is the same in color. Serve with delicious garlic butter and gumbo if you have it on hand.

You can also split live lobsters for delivery and grill this way. Start with the meat side down and turn once 3-4 minutes is up and when on the shell side cook about 6-8 minutes more until shell is bright red shade and meat is very tender. It is important to remember not to overcook.

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