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Boiled Lobster
Photo: David Todd McCarty

Boiled Lobster

1 ingredients 5 steps wikibooks
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Ingredients

  • 1 live northern lobster

Directions

1

Bring 12 cups of water to a boil in a pan that is large enough to accommodate the entire lobster.

2

Stick a sharp knife in the head of the lobster from the top down, and make a quick 'lever' movement downwards with the knife until it is completely through. This kills the lobster almost instantly.

3

Add the lobster to the boiling water and cook until it turns a bright red.

4

Remove and let cool.

5

Carefully slice the tail open along the midsection and remove the cooked tail meat.

Recipe sourced from wikibooks

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