*** Happy Birthday Wayne***

[BettorsChat]

You guys and your searching crap. I've told you all why it says 'searching.' I simply click on the "New Post" button on the top bar where it lists all the other links. It gives me the freshest post at the time and for whatever reason, it says "searching forums."

Anyhow. Glad you've tried it baked. They mostly come here to Cali. frozen and uncooked, as tails. When they are boiled, they turn out rubbery. Not very good. When you thaw them and bake them, they are tender and perfect.

Glad you ate 3 of them. I envy that. Lobster is by far my favorite dish of food.

KAZ

All be damned I never used that new posts button which is pretty cool.

[bryce]

Wayne--WHAT about GRILLING them???
I had a guy tell me a few weeks ago that is the way to go and I wasn't sure if he was full of shit or what. He said he fantails them and cooks the shell part first.

[KazDog]

My favorite part of that link you posted Kaz was one of the 1st lines that said "Whole lobsters are very expensive" and to just buy tails. Lobsters are cheaper than hamburg up here often and as much as i love tail meat, the claw, knuckle and stomachs have a ton of meat in them too that i love!

Lobsters may be expensive elsewhere but they are pretty cheap here.

At the grocery store locally here, they are $19.99 per lb. for just the tail and shell. They put them on sale once a year for $16.99 and they are always frozen and uncooked.

They usually aren't Maine lobsters either. We get Pacific and some other place like Gulf of Mexico or somewhere like that. I have a raincheck for 4 of them at $16.99. I believe I will be heading to the store now, because I'm craving the damn things.

KAZ

[wayne1218]

Wayne--WHAT about GRILLING them???
I had a guy tell me a few weeks ago that is the way to go and I wasn't sure if he was full of shit or what. He said he fantails them and cooks the shell part first.

I've tried it but don't like it much. It dries them out too much for me. You boil or steam those bastards and they come out of the shell as tender and moist as can be. Dip them in a little butter and let it absorb and the stuff melts in your mouth. We have grilled them but it just isn't our cup of tea i guess.

[KazDog]

All be damned I never used that new posts button which is pretty cool.

It's the ONLY button I ever use. It always brings the newest posts to the top.

Welcome to my "searching forums" section. You will now be dogged about searching the forums like me.

KAZ

[wayne1218]

At the grocery store locally here, they are $19.99 per lb. for just the tail and shell. They put them on sale once a year for $16.99 and they are always frozen and uncooked.

They usually aren't Maine lobsters either. We get Pacific and some other place like Gulf of Mexico or somewhere like that. I have a raincheck for 4 of them at $16.99. I believe I will be heading to the store now, because I'm craving the damn things.

KAZ

Are you friggin' serious? $19.99 a pound for just tails?? Wow!!!

I have a uncle that lives in California and he says pacific lobsters taste totally different than Maine lobsters do and not nearly as good. He has some shipped from here out there every year. I've heard that from many people that warm water lobsters are simply not the same. I know down in Florida a lot of Rest. will sell lobster and advertise it as "Maine" lobster but it is very expensive there too because of shipping charges.

[KazDog]

Are you friggin' serious? $19.99 a pound for just tails?? Wow!!!

I have a uncle that lives in California and he says pacific lobsters taste totally different than Maine lobsters do and not nearly as good. He has some shipped from here out there every year. I've heard that from many people that warm water lobsters are simply not the same. I know down in Florida a lot of Rest. will sell lobster and advertise it as "Maine" lobster but it is very expensive there too because of shipping charges.

Yep. $19.99 per lb. I get an 8 ounce frozen lobster, which is what you get at most restaurants here, for about $10. So It's still cheaper than getting a tail at a good restaurant. They usually offer lobster on the menu for about $40 to $50.

I would imagine they would taste different coming from cold water as opposed to the warmer water of the Pacific. I believe Pacific lobsters are bigger as well....

KAZ

[wayne1218]

Yep. $19.99 per lb. I get an 8 ounce frozen lobster, which is what you get at most restaurants here, for about $10. So It's still cheaper than getting a tail at a good restaurant. They usually offer lobster on the menu for about $40 to $50.

I would imagine they would taste different coming from cold water as opposed to the warmer water of the Pacific. I believe Pacific lobsters are bigger as well....

KAZ

Kaz, I talk to people vacationing here all the time in the summer that come up here from New York and Massachusetts just for the Maine lobster. You would think it isn't that much different in Massachusetts right? Weird but people come here from all over just for the Maine lobsters. I seriously can't believe it is $40-$50 for a lobster in a rest.

It is $2.99-$3.99 a lb up here most times and sometimes it goes to $4.99-$5.99 a pound

We never eat frozen because the fresh stuff is everywhere. You can buy it picked and cooked too by the pound. It is about $25 a pound for just a pound of pure meat. You can get a pound of fresh frozen for about $5 cheaper and we have a couple of times but it isn't nearly as good as the fresh. When you freeze it, it loses a ton of the flavor!

[KazDog]

Kaz, I talk to people vacationing here all the time in the summer that come up here from New York and Massachusetts just for the Maine lobster. You would think it isn't that much different in Massachusetts right? Weird but people come here from all over just for the Maine lobsters. I seriously can't believe it is $40-$50 for a lobster in a rest.

It is $2.99-$3.99 a lb up here most times and sometimes it goes to $4.99-$5.99 a pound

We never eat frozen because the fresh stuff is everywhere. You can buy it picked and cooked too by the pound. It is about $25 a pound for just a pound of pure meat. You can get a pound of fresh frozen for about $5 cheaper and we have a couple of times but it isn't nearly as good as the fresh. When you freeze it, it loses a ton of the flavor!

Trust me. I'm very envious....Esp because I love it so damn much. It's like a drug.

I came to Boston when I was in college and had it there, but it wasn't too much different.

Rarely do I order it at a restaurant. They won't even put the price down. It usually just says, "Market Price." Which is short for, "A lot more than anything else on the menu."

Enjoy it man. You get the good stuff.

On the flip side, we get fresh produce at a 1/10th the price everyone else pays. And it's usually tree ripened and not picked green and ripened on a truck. Huge difference. We grow more produce in the valley I live in than anywhere else in the world. Peaches the size of grapefruits. You have to eat them in 3 sittings!

KAZ

[wayne1218]

I wish i liked peaches. We can't grow any of that up here, it's too cold!

[KazDog]

I wish i liked peaches. We can't grow any of that up here, it's too cold!

There is nothing better than picking a beat red tomato, the size of an orange, cutting it open while it's warm off the vine, putting salt on the flesh and eating it. The flavor is to die for.

Most people don't realize that tomatoes are shipped 100% green. they have NO flavor and they actually become red while in the box. There's no taste.

There isn't anything that isn't grown here. I worked in a grape field, watching pickers pick grapes the size of your thumb, in the blistering heat. But man, those were the best grapes you can buy....It gets 115 degrees here in the middle of summer for weeks on end.

KAZ

[kbsooner21]

Happy birthday brother!

[baseballdave]

Happy Birthday buddy and many more to come !!!!
Dave

[dss_pansat]

Happy birthday wayne1281


Can not wait for football season :-) I like your picks

[tech fan]

Happy birthday buddy