How to Shell and Eat A Whole Lobster
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- Опубликовано: 6 май 2024
- The beauty here is in the breakdown-if you're just eating the claws and tail, you're definitely missing out on some meat. Here, we walk you through the steps of getting everything you possibly can out of a whole cooked lobster, using a nutcracker-the tool most commonly offered in restaurants-to get at the meat. If you still doubt that picking through every last crevice in the body is really worth it, just wait until you see how much we get out of ours. It's nearly a whole extra tail's worth of meat.
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How I eat them? I don't , because *poorness* .
Hot Dogs! SAME
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Mitch Richards LUCKY
Mitch Richards ok thx for your suggestion but im a kid and I don’t think my family can afford the trip :l
There 7.34 at Kroger’s for one pounder
Growing up in an Asian household this feels like first nature
Challenger Shallow facts and facts!!
Yep and if you were too poor for lobster, blue crab was done almost the same way.
Reminds me of the steamed crabs
True haha
@@dehydratedspongebob565 broke boy lmao
This saved me from looking like an idiot in a fancy restaurant. Thanks!
Ye thanks
Here for the same reason 😂😂
Lmao same
You’d look like a slob if you ate it this way in a fancy restaurant.
If you eat a lobster like this in a really fancy restaurant, you'll look like an idiot.
"This is the part where a lot of people quit, *but not us*," I love that reference 😂😂
This was made before even Infinity War came out.
This was made before endgame, and that’s a common phrase
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That’s not a reference. That’s just the English language buddy
Back in the day they fed lobster to prisoners. Ohh have times CHANGED
They still do...
Prisoners of materialism and greed lol
I know right back then they didn’t know how to cook them right
Giant delicious crabs with melted butter
My God, I'm cringing on behalf of the few 14-year-olds who liked this
Malakas00000000 what
Damn. It's 2AM and I want a lobster right now... :-(
Michael D'Auben it’s 4 am. And I’m craving too
I know I eat every day shrimp
I never tried a lobster in my life and I realy want one
Go to 7/11 pablo may have some
It's the same time here and I crave it as well, but my bank account doesn't agree though😂😅
0:28 that’s an emotion I’ve definitely felt
This is me. Tomalley doesnt get enough love. Neither does that little pincher pieces or the delicious meat in the head 😂😂😂
@DAT CRINGE BOI nope
@DAT CRINGE BOI it's its liver and pancreas
@@witting_gull1816 great?
It tastes better than it looks. Like I told her.
I love the tomalley, but I suggest to you tomalley dressing. It’s like stuffing but lobster tomally. It is sooooo good
Big meaty claws.
@Sonicthehedgehoggamer Big. Meaty. Claws!
It was on this morning so I thoroughly enjoyed this thread.
WHAT did you say, PUNK?!
Is mayonnaise an instrument???
Love the SpongeBob reference
I didnt know that green stuf was eatible
If I'm correct that stuff is actually digestive tract waste (fecal matter) also known as poop 😲🤢 from the lobster. The FDA warns to not eat the green stuff because of serious illness.
EDIT: Never mind what I said previously, I just found out that it's crab fat and it acts as the liver and pancreas to filter out the toxic substances in the crustacean and it poses a health risk to people if it's eaten 🤢😷.
It's edible, but slightly poisonous.
James Bossman Caldwell III don’t listen to them... it’s actually one of my favourite parts of lobster! I’m from a fishing community. A lot of people love the eggs as well
@@jeremymanuel8136 the eggs are irrelevant
They're not toxic and eating something your whole life doesn't make you an Authority so don't give bad advice like "don't listen to people who are paid to ensure the food we eat is safe listen to the fisherman" (no conflict of interest there)
@@jeremymanuel8136 and as long as we're talking credentials I'm kind of from a fishing Community I live on an island and go fishing occasionally as I do most of my neighbors. I've caught a lobster with a sling spear. Listen to the FDA when it comes to these things
Yo, why don’t u eat the shell? The crispness is a great contrast to the mostly soft lobster meat.
Its delicius when shell gets in but it wont get melted in stomach .That means when it gets to poop it... good luck with sharpness of that shell in butt...
@@davudmucacho1964 Hey you hear that? Thats the sound of the joke going over your head.
@@Degaliuss but what if the person in question is also joking ?
@@judygambel2801 Usually, when someone responds to an obviously sarcastic comment with a logical answer, they aren't joking. But to be fair, this "I'm joking" statement is tossed around even when it obviously isn't the case, so I wouldn't be surprised if he said he was.
if you pay that much, then you should be able to eat the shells.
Great video! You kept it short and sweet and to the point without a whole lot of editorializing. I have never had a whole lobster, but I will be a whole lot less intimidated now should I ever have the pleasure.😀
What about the little flaps at the end of the tail?
You beat me to it! There's always meat in the tail fins!
Marc Reichman
Yuuuuup.
This guy is a clown.
STONE PHILLIPS No he is not
Your the bozo!
Yeah i always eat the meat out of the flaps too.
It's called a telson, thank me later
There's flavor in the shells that would make a tasty consomme or stock for a seafood risotto.
Lobster bisque!
Lobster aioli
Maui Randall lobster soulioli
Lobster Diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiner
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I don't know about you, but i find the cracking satisfying.
So do i
Same
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I have a twin sister and when we were very young our parents would boil the live Maine lobsters and mom would dish out the tomalley. No matter how careful she was Barb and I always felt the other had more. Even today only the tail meat pleases my palate more than the tomalley. Bravo to one of the few hosts I have seen who knows where what I call a secret cache of lobster meat is. I wish I could remember when, where, and how I learned about the meat found in the pockets inside the body but I am glad you showed other lobster eaters where it is.
Did you ever ask if you could put your hands in that boiling water?
Ummmm there is meat at the end of the tail where the fins are and it’s a lot
LivinglifelikeThuy _ it’s very bad for you. Mercury poisoning 🤧😷
@@glooperxi319 Source? I doubt they'd sell lobsters if there are tracers of mercury in them.
@@glooperxi319 You eat fish. There are more mercury then lobster.
Lobsters have fins?
@@kongdavid1781 Wtf
That is good eating.
It's a water roach
t's a water roach!
It's a water roach
It's a water roach?
Dwayne Wladyka Yea it’s delicious.
Everytime when he cracks the shell, that sound relaxes me.
Every year my family has lobster week nd this really helped! And every year I'm always to scared to eat the tomalley but you convinced me to try it a d now I love it
It's 12 am and thanks to you that I'm craving lobster very badly!😬
Great video by the way 👍
*....Larry the lobster has left the chat*
I need to bring this video with me to the restarant later today. I've never had lobster and this is a lot to memorize lol.
2:10. This is where a lot of people quit...
BUT NOT US
NOT US .
*Soviet anthem intensifies*
Don't forget to remove the digestive tract running down the length of the tail
That's the best part
I eat it differently,
I take the lobster from the sea, still live and I take A BITE OUT OF IT LIKE A *_M A N._*
natural selection
*d o y o u w a n t t o d i e ?*
you must be so sexually repressed. Go eat something the real thing. Dont be afraid. You are a real man. Real men are not scared to eat what they really want to eat.
@@eduardochavacano .... Men truly are confusing
Amena Bushra Men like to make it hard, when you hope it’d be smoothe and easy.
actually really satisfying and nice watching this video, i could watch this for days
I'm glad that he added digging and picking it apart is the fun part, cuz it'd my favorite part. I like working for it 🤷♀️
Beautiful, ever since I was a kid I've loved lobster
Now THATS how you eat a lobster!!
Well done and thanks for sharing this tasty video.
Thank you so much for this video. I’m in Boston and my brother wanted to gobble up some lobster at Yankee Lobster so we ordered some but didn’t know how to eat it and this video helped.
I LOVE THE WAY YOU EXPLAINED THIS
You got all the head meat, but forgot about the tail flippers! There is sweet, gossamer meat inside. Another trick for the legs is to line up three at a time and roll the meat out with a rolling pin (or wine bottle) Next you should do a female for the demo so you could show and discuss the roe. Also super delicious, with a different texture, I usually ask for a female so I can get the roe. The females have smaller, feathers in the nethers.
Good explanation tho, at home (Nova Scotia) we use the back of a knife to break the claws, and the knuckle meat is always the hardest to get into - but we also either bash with the back a knife, or cut through it with the knife - have to be careful tho.. those spines hurt. Uncle and Granddad were lobster fishermen, I know my stuff.
Overall, great video highlighting how to shell a lobstrosity.
Aren’t seeders supposed to be thrown back ? Lol
Good call on the flipper meat!
One of the best break downs I've seen in a while for lobster, thank you.
Grew up in Maine eating lobsters and steamed clams. Learning early to find every piece of meat in the tail body and claws. Live in Montana now and miss going down to the docks and buying fresh from the boats.
Well done! Great video ⭐️. Fantastic breakdown.
This video makes me wanna eat it so bad it looks so delicious 🤤
It’s hard to tell from the video but the fins on the end of the tail are also really good and I couldn’t tell if he got them. I also would have showed how much meat you get from the legs as in my humble opinion are almost the best part of the lobster. Also as as side note you want to add lemon, hot pepper flakes, a dash of tobasco , and a dash of pepper to the butter. Trust me you will love it.
Funny, some lobsters I've eaten had meat in the fins, others didn't.
Great tutorial! I'm going to remember these tips
Literally went to a little spot with my bud a few days ago and had only some idea of how to get down on a lobster, aha. I plan to study this before I go back so i can really enjoy myself!!!
I love how the guy eats the green stuff even though it might cause problems for you 😂😂😂😂
Bet you dont know the first thing about tomalley
Minty Senpai the green is the intestines and anus tube
⬘ Nihil Light ⬘ It’s actually the liver.
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The green stuff is stomach,dust etc which carries parasites.so we shouldn't eat it.same with mammals and birds that we eat
Use a rolling pin to get leg meat out. Start at the feet and roll and you get this whole lobster leg meat. Sp sweet. When chew on the legs you aren't really getting all the delicious meat, mostly juice.
Gordon Ramsay
Gordon
@@nadiaarif1890 Gordon Ramsay
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Finally saw someone breakdown the head, thanks!
This is the most satisfying wor when the whole meat just popped out clean from the shell
Watching this while there is a lobster in my aquarium
Alton Brown had a great tip for the small legs. Cut the shell open at the first knuckle, closest to where it attached to the body, then lay it down with the claw close to you, and run a rolling pin over it, pushing away from you. All the meat in the leg will squeeze out like a little french fry. If you are in a restaurant, you could probably use a glass or a salt shaker.
I learned that from Emeril Lagasse. I wonder who taught that trick to who. Alton Brown is full of good ideas. The rolling pin thing really works.
Robert J. Holtz well, Gordon Ramsay's been doing it that way for years too. Maybe it's a culinary school technique...
Without a doubt the best demonstration on how to break down a lobster for eating.
Awesome. At the 0:15 mark, I saw all I needed to see to know that I’ve been doing it right for decades only eating the claws, knuckles, and tails
I want to do this one day ! And kudos for the Canada Health mention .
UndrState Nova Scotia lobsters are quite tasty.
Very informative and entertaining video 👍🏼 I’ll have to watch it a few more times then I’ll be confident enough to walk into a seafood restaurant and order me a Lobster 😋 🌊 🦞
Some restaurants like The Palm help you crack the whole lobster. But don’t be afraid, learning is best done hands on! :)
Ohh yum! The green part is the best!
In my 25 years of living I always have seen full lobsters on cartoons and tv shows and never knew how to go about eating it…this was beautiful to watch
When I was a kid, my family ate crabs like this ☺️
TheJaapa 🤔 oh no, I was definitely black before the crabs lol... but I appreciate you for noticing!
3:09 that's the only part of the lobster I never thought about eating.
Thanks to your video I was able to eat the whole entire lobster 🦞 it was so delicious too! 🤤🤤😁
thank U this was a really good video!!! does anyone or certain cultures eat & enjoy the eyes ? & is the ENTIRE LOBSTER SAFE to eat even if certain parts don't appeal to most? My husband & I just made whole Lobsters for the first time. We R taking a break trying to figure out what to do w the body & head :)
Don't forget to split the tail vertically or horizontally and wipe out the "vein" (i.e. intestine).
the poop chute
People dont notice that they eat it anyways just like I did when I was 11 years of age
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I’m just imagining a lobster watching this.
Man im drooling over these
This was awesome. Thank you! I am buying a lobster the first chance I get and going to work!🙂
I worked in a lobster plant and this is literally the only video I have found that almost has a perfect shuck! A nice long bladed knife would do a better job at the claw you can separate it better. Also you can just buy a lobster knuckler.
Did you steal a bunch of lobsters?
@@oldironsides4107 honestly no, they usually just gave us some.
@@sally11700 sounds like a nice deal
Mmm add that green stuff to your guacamole recipe, then serve to loved ones on cinco de mayo
Learn something new every day. Brilliant
BobkusMan many lobsters died for your sins
Very much helpful and worth watching
Ok so I was just thinking, lobsters are just giant spiders people eat.
Not really, they're closer to roaches than spiders.
LOL, right.
*giant scorpians
crabs are giant spiders
OMG, you guys are funny.lol.😂.
Me, I'll just get me a snow crab and put it next to the lobster and say dull. Lol.
Let's see which one defeats of being tastier. LoL 😂.
@@nagellajean-baptiste7262 I like snow crabs more
Who ever doesn’t eat the whole lobster has too much money
At my house on Sundays we buy 14 lobster 2 a person there are 7 people in our 4 story house.
Cool
Love your video by the way I live in a small town and I'm happy to say I actually live right across the street from the arena we recently have a new fish market that's right across the street from where I live they offer live lobsters live crabs fresh fish for sale and cook lobsters and cook crabs well I bought myself my second cooked lobster tonight he was a small one but your video is very helpful and I agree I didn't grow up with a lot of money and the shellfish I remember the most eating every bits and was crawdads otherwise known as crawfish but I call them crawdads and oh my God eating every last bit is the best part
the little legs actually make great picks to tease out the body meat. And once you are done, pressure cook the whole shell for the most amazing lobster stock.
They actually expect me when I go out to a posh restaurant for dinner to dig my hands into food?!
.....YEP
let's try to reach 500 subs fancy restaurants don’t sell whole lobsters. Beachside restaurants and upscale seafood “shacks” sell them whole
That’s the point...
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Unusually satisfying
This is so satisfying😍🤤
everyone: eats seafood without anything bothering them
me: im allergic ;-;
The one great thing About living in Maine....... LOBSTAH!!
Quite a thorough job.
I love Tomalley omg. It’s so underrated because it’s such an acquired taste. It’s actually the lobster’s liver.
Nice information, I normally only order the lobster tail and crab legs never the hole thing because it has always been a bit of a mystery as how to eat the rest of it ... I think I can do it except for the green stuff ... Seriously Thank you
The "green stuff" is tamali and it is the most delicious thing that will ever bless your mouth.
“How do YOU eat lobster?”
Me: I-I don’t..
Narrator: Oh, oh god. That’s sad, man..
Is it me or do I like to rewatch this again and again??
You Forgot about the legs, you can use a rolling pin to squeeze out the meat. Even though it's not much it's taste`s so good
no lobster's where harmed in the making of this video
... Accept that one
I've lived in SoCal for 28 years and I've never ate lobster, or anything that resembles a living creature on my plate.
I'm glad that the goals of eating a lobster was mentioned because I was asking, "why bother?" Now that I'm told that its meant to be a labor of love to pick it all to bits, I feel prepared to take my time and savor every bit.... and to get messy
This video saved our date-night!
I've never eaten a whole lobster before and I'm going to Maine for the week...so here I am!!
no body ever says what Tomalley or crab "butter" tastes like
private private Not certain but I think it’s poop.
MrAsiann who pissed in your cereal?
Nobody does because you're not supposed to eat that. Another word for the green stuff is: crab fat or lobster paste. It's toxic, it acts as the liver and pancreas to filter out the toxic substances in the lobsters body and the FDA warns people that it poses a serious health risk if eaten. DON'T EAT IT.
private private fish shit
MrAsiann So happens I was making a joke that apparently flew over your head like a 747. The lobster tomalley is in fact a liver and pancreas combined called the hepatopancreas. It would appear that YOU are even a dumber shit, ass wipe.
Nobody:
Not a single soul:
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How many takes did you do holding hot lobsters to get all those welts?
Thanks for good info!
"How to eat wings, gristle and all."
Leave shiny bones only. Collagen is good for you.
This video is dedicated to all of the mukbangers. 😂🦞
thanks for sharing
My lobster was humbly at a simple one pound he only had one claw which I didn't realize until I opened the package but it was okay hay for $8 I am so full and satisfied I made it absolutely fabulous butter garlic avocado dip with of course lemon and a bit of herbs and little bit of salt absolutely delicious
Oh great, now the Lobster is cold.
As it should be.
Isn’t lobster supposed to be served cold?
it's supposed to be served hot
yes i'm sure.
Sarah Lockette so, what’s a lobster roll then. Cold lobster. They sell refrigerated lobster at the store.
Steak > Crab > Lobster
Yes! I never understood why lobster is preferred over crab. Crab meat is so much sweeter in flavour!
I love all of them but crab is definitely >>>steak
i think its the other way around
BIG time
If you are going by price, it's king crab- lobster- steak. I'm a restaurant owner, I know
@Domi B I don't think you've tried a really good wagyu steak to be thinking that.
Good job. Thank you.
The green stuff so good. It’s like a more intense lobster flavor
the green stuff looked like the poop the lobster didn’t poop out yet
I've heard it's the liver.
Lobster's poop is in the tail if you flip the meat back on the top of the tail it reveals the digestive track
I’ve never had lobster :(
Me neither, I'm allergic to shellfish.
I have ate lobsters once or twice before but in restaurants, so it was already deshelled. But at our home sometimes my mum cooks crabs without deshelleing, instead she cracks just the claw shells a bit using a heavy object and the rest of the work is done by our teeth.
I want to try lobster now. I just realized how hungry I am and this video amplified it uggghhhh. So huuungryyy
How to eat a lobster the messy way.