Pass the butter!

404Error · 07-01-2004, 10:50 AM

It may not be blue but it is kind of unique in that it wieghs in at 13 pounds! I snapped this picture at Abbotts Lobsters in the Rough in Noank CT. One of the employees saw me taking pictures of some old buoys outside the place and asked if I wanted a really good picture. A minute later he came out the back door carrying this monster. We figured that it would cost you about $100 to dine on this big guy, but that comes with a bag of chips!

Cyber Wolf · 07-01-2004, 12:53 PM

Crivens...that thing looks nearly big enough to carry away small children and their dogs.

glatt · 07-01-2004, 12:57 PM

Biggest I've eaten was a 2.25 pound lobster. It was really chewy and tough. I don't know if it's because it took longer to cook, or because it was older.

In the future, if I ever want to pig out on lobster, I will eat two small tender ones. It will taste better, and be cheaper.

But mostly, a typical 1.25 pound lobster is really just the right size.

glatt · 07-01-2004, 12:59 PM

Looing at that picture, I wonder how the lobster got into the trap in the first place. It looks too big to fit into the entrance hole of most lobster traps I've seen. Must have been a tight squeeze.

Troubleshooter · 07-01-2004, 01:00 PM

Chere! 'dat dem one bit crawfish yeah!

hampor · 07-01-2004, 03:42 PM

Twenty some year ago I lived in Boston, and a bunch of us (17) bought some lobsters (3). Two of them were thirteen pounders, and one was a fifteen pounder. We decided against getting the 38 pounder because we only had 40 quart pots.

One of the guys was from Maine and told us how the tomalley was the best part, so he got to eat all three, and missed out on the real meat. The little side legs were the size of my fingers.

If you rub a lobster on the forehead, their eyes tuck in, and they fall alseep. Then you can stand them on their nose and claws, and they fall over when they wake up.

In colonial times there are records of 5 and 6 foot long lobsters.

glatt · 07-01-2004, 04:27 PM

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Originally posted by hampor
In colonial times there are records of 5 and 6 foot long lobsters.

The colonists frequently lied about the bounty here in order to get more people to come help settle such a hard terrain.

But I do believe that large lobsters were more common then.

be-bop · 07-01-2004, 06:18 PM

Hampor says"Big Bugs"

Thats exactly how I feel about any kind of shellfish Lobster,shrimp,crab thats what they look like to me BIG BUGS..
They crawl around eating shit and people want to eat them..
Would you throw cockroaches into a pan and add butter if they were that size

ladysycamore · 07-01-2004, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by be-bop
Hampor says"Big Bugs"

Thats exactly how I feel about any kind of shellfish Lobster,shrimp,crab thats what they look like to me BIG BUGS..
They crawl around eating shit and people want to eat them..
Would you throw cockroaches into a pan and add butter if they were that size

Hell, if people can eat those annoying cicadas, then anything's possible:
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...cicada+recipes

Yuk!

richlevy · 07-01-2004, 08:18 PM

One night we were at the 15th street Bookbinders and the next table ordered a 56 pound lobster. I was trying to figure out how they had a pot big enough for it and whether they had to have some guy with a baseball bat to keep it in.

Elspode · 07-01-2004, 09:48 PM

A 56# lobster? Geez...it would have been the size of medium dog!

richlevy · 07-01-2004, 10:07 PM

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Originally posted by Elspode
A 56# lobster? Geez...it would have been the size of medium dog!

The claw was the size of my head.

lumberjim · 07-01-2004, 10:40 PM

Quote:

If you rub a lobster on the forehead, their eyes tuck in, and they fall alseep. Then you can stand them on their nose and claws, and they fall over when they wake up.

and if you put salt on a rabbit's tail, they freeze.

wanna go on a Snipe hunt?

404Error · 07-01-2004, 11:45 PM

Uh, according to this article you CAN hypnotize a lobster. I've never seen it done but I have heard about it so I did a little web searching to see if it were true.

How to hypnotize a lobster

Also, according to this site, the largest lobster ever caught was 37.4 pounds and 2.1 feet long.

404Error · 07-02-2004, 12:01 AM

Uh, according to this article you CAN hypnotize a lobster. I've never seen it done but I have heard about it so I did a little web searching to see if it were true.

How to hypnotize a lobster

Also, according to this site, the largest lobster ever caught was 37.4 pounds and 2.1 feet long.

07-01-2004, 10:50 AM	#1
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	Pass the butter! It may not be blue but it is kind of unique in that it wieghs in at 13 pounds! I snapped this picture at Abbotts Lobsters in the Rough in Noank CT. One of the employees saw me taking pictures of some old buoys outside the place and asked if I wanted a really good picture. A minute later he came out the back door carrying this monster. We figured that it would cost you about $100 to dine on this big guy, but that comes with a bag of chips! Attached Images __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~ Last edited by 404Error; 07-01-2004 at 10:56 AM.

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Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	Crivens...that thing looks nearly big enough to carry away small children and their dogs. __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

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Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Chere! 'dat dem one bit crawfish yeah! __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

07-01-2004, 03:42 PM	#6
hampor Colloquialist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: SiliValley Posts: 75	big bugs Twenty some year ago I lived in Boston, and a bunch of us (17) bought some lobsters (3). Two of them were thirteen pounders, and one was a fifteen pounder. We decided against getting the 38 pounder because we only had 40 quart pots. One of the guys was from Maine and told us how the tomalley was the best part, so he got to eat all three, and missed out on the real meat. The little side legs were the size of my fingers. If you rub a lobster on the forehead, their eyes tuck in, and they fall alseep. Then you can stand them on their nose and claws, and they fall over when they wake up. In colonial times there are records of 5 and 6 foot long lobsters.

07-01-2004, 06:18 PM	#8
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	Pass the Butter Hampor says"Big Bugs" Thats exactly how I feel about any kind of shellfish Lobster,shrimp,crab thats what they look like to me BIG BUGS.. They crawl around eating shit and people want to eat them.. Would you throw cockroaches into a pan and add butter if they were that size

07-01-2004, 12:57 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Biggest I've eaten was a 2.25 pound lobster. It was really chewy and tough. I don't know if it's because it took longer to cook, or because it was older. In the future, if I ever want to pig out on lobster, I will eat two small tender ones. It will taste better, and be cheaper. But mostly, a typical 1.25 pound lobster is really just the right size.

07-01-2004, 12:59 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Looing at that picture, I wonder how the lobster got into the trap in the first place. It looks too big to fit into the entrance hole of most lobster traps I've seen. Must have been a tight squeeze.

07-01-2004, 08:18 PM	#10
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	One night we were at the 15th street Bookbinders and the next table ordered a 56 pound lobster. I was trying to figure out how they had a pot big enough for it and whether they had to have some guy with a baseball bat to keep it in. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

07-01-2004, 09:48 PM	#11
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	A 56# lobster? Geez...it would have been the size of medium dog! __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-01-2004, 11:45 PM	#14
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	FWIW Uh, according to this article you CAN hypnotize a lobster. I've never seen it done but I have heard about it so I did a little web searching to see if it were true. How to hypnotize a lobster Also, according to this site, the largest lobster ever caught was 37.4 pounds and 2.1 feet long. __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

07-02-2004, 12:01 AM	#15
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	FWIW Uh, according to this article you CAN hypnotize a lobster. I've never seen it done but I have heard about it so I did a little web searching to see if it were true. How to hypnotize a lobster Also, according to this site, the largest lobster ever caught was 37.4 pounds and 2.1 feet long. __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

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