5/1: Blue lobster

[shipwreckdan]

Dead lobsters aren't bad.... and they dont make u sick. I'm a commercial lobsterboat deckhand, and when they die in transport (pots in ocean to tanks on land) we eat'em. We just break the tail and claws off, and throw the body in the channel. Sometimes u get a lobster that has just molt, and if their shell is still "soft" (crunchy..not firm to the squeeze) there's not much meat in them, mostly runny juice. This happens in some that have "cancer" too(some wierd shell condition that affects a small percentage of lobsters. Shells look kinda like there rusted, and very fragile). Never seen a blue one yet, but i've only been doing this for 2 years.

So in conclusing, u can eat them when they're broken, even after they've died, and u wont get sick. I should know, cause i get a third of the dead ones from each trip. When they're bad they smell bad, thats a pretty safe rule with all seafood.

Well i'm gonna grab a nap, heading back out tonight 11pm. 8 hr steam to the grounds.
Dan
Commercial fisherman