I Finally Tasted Lobster!

This morning a friend of mine who has just got back from a visit to New Brunswick brought me a special treat!

LOBSTER!

Oh yes!  All the way from across the country my friend lugged some lobster and was so wonderful as to bring me one!  I could hardly believe it.  

It was already cooked and kept cold all the way across Canada.  How cool is that?

I had to work today, so all day at work, all I could think about was this lobster waiting at home for me in the fridge.  Waiting... probably staring at the door waiting for me to open it and take it out...

Strange thing was, last night I asked Madeleine, my daughter what she wanted for supper, and she replied, "Lobster..."    "Uhhhh.... No.  Not going to happen." I thought...  Then low and behold when I talked to my friend this morning, she says "Are you going to be home?  I have a lobster for you!"  Holy Moly, who could believe it?  

So all day, I have been thinking and asking how best to eat this creature?  I had wanted to try one of those Lobster buns that I've heard about... but then I kept thinking, "Mmmmm!  Bet Lobster Fettuccine Alfredo would be delish!"   But then a few people said "Well, I heard you shouldn't have Lobster with milk".  But not one person who told me this knew why.... still sounded yummy to me.

I went down town after work and got buns, and some stuff to make Alfredo Sauce, then came home.  I got the little Lobster out and set to work getting out the meat from the claws, and the tail, putting it in a bowl.

Now, neither Madeleine or I have had Lobster, and Alisha wont even consider it.  I have had and love eating Crab.  We are close enough to the ocean to get a good feed of it every so often.  Madeleine hasn't tried Crab because I was to scared she might have an allergy like other family members.  Whenever opportunity to have Crab came up in the past we were always to far away from the hospital for me to feel comfortable testing her out on it.   Anyways, Tonight, I let Madeleine share the Lobster with me.  I figured that we were now living close enough to a hospital, there wasn't so much risk.

Anyways I picked and dug out the meatie bits.   It was different then getting all the meat out of a crab, that's for sure.  I find that Crabs have quite a bit of meat in the body part... well, on the lobster I discovered that all the meat is basically in the tail and the big claws.

By the time I had the meat in the bowl, and the garlic all pealed, I had come to the conclusion that one lobster does't quite give you enough for a few sandwiches or Fettuchini.  So I also decided that perhaps let's make it simple the first time.  

I heated the butter and garlic up in the pan until it was good, hot and sizzling then added in the lobster to quickly bring it up to heat.  Then Madeleine and I shared it.  Boy was it yummy!  I think the flavor is quite simalar to the Crab we eat here.... or maybe it's because I love crab best with garlic and butter... But the lobster has b bit more substance to it, being bigger pieces of meat and more chewier.  It was so, so good.

Madeleine was in heaven.  We really enjoyed our lobster.  I'm glad that we had the butter and garlic for our first try.  Next time we'll get a little more creative, but for now, it was just perfect!

I'm so thankful that I have such a good friend who was so thoughtful as to bring me Lobster!

Thank you Bea!