On Dec 1, 6:03 am, Janet Baraclough >
wrote:
> The message >
> from Sqwertz > contains these words:
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> > On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:43:46 -0800 (PST), Alexm wrote:
> > > "Squat Lobster" chunks, frozen in bags, has suddenly appeared in a
> > > local grocery store. Has anyone had any experience with it as far as
> > > taste, etc., goes? A one lb bag costs about $11 so it is much cheaper
> > > than Maine lobster meat. The chunks are fairly large - roughly one
> > > inch cubes.
> > It's langostino meat. It should be fairly tasty - kind of a
> > cross between lobster and rock shrimp.
>
> Squat lobster is native here ( w Scotland) and is not the same
> animal as either langoustines or lobster; they are very skinny
> spiny-claw things and the only appreciable amount of meat is in the
> tail.
>
> The closest taste I can describe, is like white-meat from crab; sweet
> and firm.
>
> Janet

The large cubes (about 1 inch) in the frozen bag I saw perhaps
indicates that they are compacting the meat by some process. Well,
maybe I will buy a bag and see how it is.

alexm