On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:18:38 GMT, "Peter Aitken"
> wrote:

>"Kenneth" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 01:31:26 -0600, Katra
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>Actually, I immerse them in cold water...
>>>
>>>Never tried steaming live ones.
>>>
>>>D'you really think it would make a big difference?
>>>They come out tender and juicy when I do it this way!
>>>
>>>--
>>>K.
>>
>> Hi again,
>>
>> The problem (if you want to call it that) is that you are
>> making a large volume of "lobster broth" and then (probably)
>> throwing it away.
>>
>
>I think there's something to what you say. I always boiled lobsters but the
>other night I steamed them and they seemed unusually good. Not to mention
>saving a lot of energy!

We mostly eat lobsters when we are on our sailboat in Maine. We can
only steam them, because a boat stove can't really boil a big pot of
water. We like the steamed way better than the usual boiled in water.

Poaching in a carefully-made _court_bouillon_ might persuade me
otherwise. But not in a boat.




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