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Lobster - How to Cook a LIve Lobster (Boiled) Recipe

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Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
lobsters
water
salt
Directions:
Directions:
Put approximately 1-2 inches salted water in a large pot.

Cover and bring to a boil.

Put lobsters in pot, head first, and cover *****Be sure to hypnotize them first!*****

When water reboils, start timing.

1-2 lbs. - 12 minutes
2-3 lbs 16 minutes
3-5 lbs 21 minutes
5-8 lbs 25-30 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
VERY IMPORTANT! Hypnotizing the lobsters makes them calm, so they don't release a stress hormone that makes the meat tougher. Do I know this for sure? Of course not. But it makes some sense, and my children (and us!) have wonderful memories of hypnotizing lobsters all over the kitchen. (Be careful - sometimes they wake up and walk!!)

Turn the lobster upside down to stand on its head, yoga fashion, bending its tail inwards, then stroking the dorsal surface of the tail. The lobster is balanced on its snout and its two claws. After 8-10 strokes, the legs stop waving about in the air and the lobster quiets down in the most uncanny way. Usually you can leave it in this position until the water comes to a boil. But sometimes they are stubborn, and you begin to play "whack a mole", trying to keep them all balanced in their tripod positions!

 

 

 

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