"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.

alexm

In article <5944f08b-1ffe-404b-b3f7-e6b95229d397
@n20g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, says...
> "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.
>
> alexm
>

Different critter altogether:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_lobster

On Nov 30, 11:11 pm, T > wrote:
> In article <5944f08b-1ffe-404b-b3f7-e6b95229d397
> @n20g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, says...
>
> > "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.
>
> > alexm
>
> Different critter altogether:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_lobster

But how is it? Does it taste like lobster, etc.?

alexm

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> -sw

I wonder if maybe between lobster & craw/crayfish (aka "mudbugs")?

Sky

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"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> 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.
>
> -sw
If it's langostino, it should be sweet tasting. We used to be able to get
langostino at our fish monger until about 30 years ago. Then we had a big,
bad El Nino or such and it wiped out the feeding grounds or something.
Lately we are seeing mention of langostino again. Perhaps the crop has
recovered -- hope so, love the stuff.
Janet

On Nov 30, 11:43�pm, 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.
>
> alexm

Giant underwater bedbugs.

On Dec 1, 6:03 am, Janet Baraclough >
wrote:
> The message >
> from Sqwertz > contains these words:
>
> > 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

On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 12:03:11 GMT, Janet Baraclough
> wrote:

> 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.

Hadn't heard of it before the post, but it's certainly an interesting
looking beast!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:M...tridentata.jpg

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