Lobster Short Lived.

Over the weekend Fiona had an idea to buy some lobster and eat it after we put the kids to bed. There was a sale at Ralph's for $9.99 a pound. So on Saturday afternoon we stopped by the grocery store to inquire and purchase a few. Unfortunately the person servicing the seafood counter seemed incompetent. Fiona had asked the gentleman how to store them. He said to stick them in cold water. So we bought some and went home to store them just like he said. Well Fiona double checked storage procedures on the net and found out that that was a no-no. So we took them out of the bucket and followed online procedures. We put the lobsters in the bucket covered with damp newspapers and then in to the refrigerator. Later on that night when we were about to cook them up, they were unmoving. They were dead. Soaking them in unsalted water probably overloaded their bodies. Fiona went back online and it pretty much said to not eat them if they are not alive. The meat apparently deterioriates fast after they die. So Fiona returned them to Ralph's and got store credit for them.

Yesterday, Fiona went to a different store and bought a couple of lobsters. Apparently the seafood counter person there went to the same school as the other one. Lucky for the internet. We followed proper protocol and last night, about 40 minutes after the kiddies went to sleep, we feasted on some lobster. It was quite succulent and tasty (with melted butter and lemon). Mmmmm. Unfortunately it was short lived. That was our first time trying to cook up our own lobster but the mess and the clean up process probably won't merit us another try (at least in the near future).