Unfortunately, when inflation is added to the other difficulties facing our beleaguered lobster industry, the cost of lobster meat to its loving consumers has reached the wincing point. It’s become a luxury food for many who used to eat it regularly.
However, this luxury can still make a special occasion more special. I feel compelled to share an extraordinary lobster culinary experience that our daughter treated us to for a special family occasion this week.
She bought live lobsters locally, including the one shown above. After dispatching them in a kindly way, she opened the tails and cracked the claws and pan-roasted the tasty meat in its shells. Then, she presented them on al dente linguine under a delicious beurre blanc sauce. A good wine accompanied the dinner. A memorable time was had by all!
Of course, boiled lobster with melted butter also is fabulous, so is lobster salad, so is a traditional lobster roll, so is lobster fra diavolo, so is lobster mac and cheese, so is lobster thermidor, so is lobster stew …. (Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on October 16, 2023.)