Lobster

[Diamond Joe]

I think they're probably aliens.

Haha agreed. Whenever I get one I cannot get the thing shucked fast enough. I want that weird alien spider body OFF my plate and out of my sight as quickly as possible

[schindlerpiste]

To me, lobster is up there with oysters, razor clams, hogfish and salt water stripped bass for culinary kings of the sea.
Next in line are things like king crab, halibut, fluke, grouper, red snapper, tuna, mahi, scallops and little neck clams.
Abalone, yellow tail, eel and albacore are my sushi/humaci/sashimi favorites.

Yummy, I love the sea

King crab is

[Rip'nStick]

Never had abalone in my life, I thought it was like a big clam but it sounds more like some kind of meat?

Scallops pretty much kick everything's ass though. With the possible exception of abalone.

Abalone is actually see like a sea snail with a lot of meat and you have to free dive for them in dangerous cold water which make them kind of rare to get. I have tried but not been successful but that is cause aI am not that strong of a free diver but I have some friend that are in Northern California and it is always a treat.

Agreed on fresh good scallop

[iceman]

We're super lucky on the scallops, the biggest scallop port in the world, by far, is New Bedford and that's just down the road. There's also bay scallops, little guys about the size of the last joint of your little finger. Incredible when fresh, like raw straight out of the water fresh or in ceviche or just barely sauteed. They have a really short season, which is right now. Very unpredictable, last year was the best year in 30 years in our town, this year there seems to be almost none.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Don't get me wrong, I do love just about any seafood. (but Spiny's are better than Maine's, and Dungy's are better than Blues, and Lobster tacos in Baja are better than rolls in New England) But there was something special about Abalone diving. Gorgeous and sometimes fucking scary and ass kicking tough most of the time. But the pay off was amazing and sometimes you would actually find a pearl to go with an incredible plate of food. And now it's over and probably won't happen again in my life. But it was great while it was here.

[iceman]

What are they, extinct? Why can't they come back?

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

They closed the fishery.

[Cabinfever]

Straight-up boiled with corn and steamahs. And Sam Adams. Preferably the steamers I dig myself. Best enjoyed outdoors somewhere on the New England coast with a salty breeze blowing and Joe Castiglione calling a Red Sox game on the radio.

FTW


Rob

[willywhit]

DSM thinks pussy is overrated, too.
Just to keep things in perspective

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[Flexon Phil]

Lets face it, waht is the common theme with all of this shellfish? Butter. It's all wonderful vehicles to eat butter on.

[jackstraw]

Lets face it, waht is the common theme with all of this shellfish? Butter. It's all wonderful vehicles to eat butter on.

Funny, I'm on the opposite side of the fence. Natural (not raw) is where it's at. Touron's pour butter all over the lobstah...and just tastes, well, butter.

And we all know NH lobstah is better than Maine lobstah. The live free then they die.

[cat in january]

aint no lobster left long island sad

[refried]

aint no lobster left long island sad

No cod left in Maine either from what I remember.

My Great Aunt lived in Beverly Hills and every time my Grandparents would visit her they'd bring a box of live lobsters on the flight with them. Here's my Grandmother at Logan airport with a box of them

[Bobby Stainless]

[SumJongGuy]

It's close but I put both rock and Maine lobster just a bit above king crab. Both are delicious though. Clams and Mussels are good too but only COOKED! Not going to eat any raw meat of any kind, especially seafood.

What's the majority opinion on crawdads? Better than frog legs, yes or no??

[CascadeLuke]

Feel like if you lobster and king crabs lovers got your hands on some fresh off the boat med- large Dungeness crab you’d have a new leader in the club house

[2FUNKY]

Feel like if you lobster and king crabs lovers got your hands on some fresh off the boat med- large Dungeness crab you’d have a new leader in the club house

Sooo gooood.

[Bobby Stainless]

What's the majority opinion on crawdads? Better than frog legs, yes or no??

They aren't very similar in my opinion. Frog legs are very mild and in fact, taste like lean chicken. Crawdads have some fishiness to them. I love em. Both that is but frog legs have to be fried imo. Crawdads can go a number of ways.

A crawdad po boy is superior to the lobster roll.



They are really just little cousins that live in the south.

[ill-advised strategy]

Abalone > Everything

abalone sammiches

[ill-advised strategy]

Feel like if you lobster and king crabs lovers got your hands on some fresh off the boat med- large Dungeness crab you’d have a new leader in the club house

When I lived in WA, I got good at watching the bottom when I was waiting for waves. When I’d see a little movement I’d dive for it...they’d bite my gloved hand and I’d bring me some food home.
That was the shit!

[BmillsSkier]

Don't get me wrong, I do love just about any seafood. (but Spiny's are better than Maine's, and Dungy's are better than Blues, and Lobster tacos in Baja are better than rolls in New England) But there was something special about Abalone diving. Gorgeous and sometimes fucking scary and ass kicking tough most of the time. But the pay off was amazing and sometimes you would actually find a pearl to go with an incredible plate of food. And now it's over and probably won't happen again in my life. But it was great while it was here.

Cool stuff. Aside from cold water and free diving what made it dangerous, sharkey area?

[CascadeLuke]

When I lived in WA, I got good at watching the bottom when I was waiting for waves. When I’d see a little movement I’d dive for it...they’d bite my gloved hand and I’d bring me some food home.
That was the shit!

That’s pretty G. I’ve had my share of pincher wounds just wrangling sport pots and dem fuckers will make you have a bad day if they catch ya. Fun activity and even better eating.
No butter or cracker needed.

One part of my family’s multi-generational occupation is crabbing out of Anacortes and via AK. We all prefer dungees

[Danno]

Cool stuff. Aside from cold water and free diving what made it dangerous, sharkey area?

[BmillsSkier]

Caaaaaaandygram...

[Timberridge]

In Asia they call it robster.

We're all responding to DSM threads again? Just so I know.