What is the proper way to eat a full lobster?

Answer 1

* Most people start by breaking off the legs. Holding the lobster by the back, gently pull off the legs with a twisting motion. Don't throw these away: there are plenty of delicious morsels inside! * Next, take off the claws, which are also called chelipeds. Tear them off at the first joint, again with a gentle twisting motion, and note that the crusher claw usually is bigger than the tearing claw. Gently remove the loose part of the claw. Again, check for meaty parts of the lobster. * Using a nutcracker, break off the tip of the large section of claw, revealing the meat. With your forefinger, push the meat from the tip of the claw out the larger open end. The mouth parts, antennae, beak, all of which are inedible. * Grasp the tail portion with one hand, and the back with the other hand. Twist to separate the two sections. After that, turn to end of the tail which has small flippers at the base. These provides chunks of meat. The best part of the lobster is the tail meat. Then insert your fingers into the telson end to push the tail meat out intact through the larger opening. Peel off the top of the tail to reveal the digestive tract, which should be removed before eating the rest of the tail meat. Diners find smaller pieces of the lobster meant at the hard shell or body of the lobster. They may also encounter the gills, the circulation system, and green digestive gland and in a female lobster, red "coral" or "roe" (the unfertilized eggs). Hard-core lobster lovers eat the latter two. == ==