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23 pound Lobster - HOLY CRAP

MMcG

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Dec 10, 2002
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I saw this on Yahoo news today:



This lobster was caught of the coast of Nantucket and weighs in at 23 pounds!

That's more than some cross country hardtails!!! :eek: :eek:
 
Echo

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Jul 10, 2002
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I saw the CNN.com story this morning... they had PETA trying to get it freed back to the ocean, and the other PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals) trying to buy it so they could eat it :D
 
Craw

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Mar 17, 2002
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Cripes that creeps me out. I love lobster, but man oh man they're spiders of the sea. Along with crabs, which I like too, but can't really look at.
 
MMcG

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Echo said:
I saw the CNN.com story this morning... they had PETA trying to get it freed back to the ocean, and the other PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals) trying to buy it so they could eat it :D
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the caption says it is going to a zoo in Philly I think.

I can't imagine a lobster that heavy - crazy! You'd need a HUGE pot to steam that sucker!
 
stosh

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Man that thing must have so many chemicals in it I wouldn't eat it!!!
 
Echo

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Silver said:
I remember hearing (on a cooking show, so take it with a grain of salt, ha ha) that they all used to grow to that size.
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Lobsters can live to be well over 100 years old if they don't get trapped for food.
 
DamienC

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MMcG said:
the caption says it is going to a zoo in Philly I think.
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Maybe at the zoo it'll make friends with a cow. The zoo could then rename them as Surf and Turf. :D
 
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I broke all the rules, but somehow still became mo
Sep 6, 2001
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Oh.. Pinchy...

Oh my dear sweet Pinchy (eats a huge mouthful of lobster) No more pain where you are boy...(Snaps Pinchy in half)

Pass the Butter
 
binary visions

binary visions

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Jun 13, 2002
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-BB- said:
Oh.. Pinchy...

Oh my dear sweet Pinchy (eats a huge mouthful of lobster) No more pain where you are boy...(Snaps Pinchy in half)

Pass the Butter
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Hahaha...

Homer: Sorry, Marge. Pinchy got all dirty in the yard chasing birds - but don't worry, I put him in a nice, hot bath.

Bart: What smells so good?

edit: Funny, my post count is exactly Mark's post count, if you swapped the middle 6 and 7... 6,676 vs. 6,766
 
profro

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Yeah, I visited Maine a couple of years back and they said that there are quite a lot that tons bigger than the 1-3 lb we eat. They can't harvest the big ones because they are the brood stock.... I think.
 
Mackie

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MMcG said:
Looks to me like a new Avatar in the making for Mackie (he who has a lobster avatar)
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That's not just my avatar - he's also my pet - Pinchy the freshwater lobster (named after Homers pet).
He lives at the bottom of my tropical tank and eats algae discs, food that falls to the bottom, and small, slow fish!

He's only about 3-4 inches long. Never weighed him though - but I'd guess he's less than 23 pounds.
 
MMcG

MMcG

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Mackie said:
That's not just my avatar - he's also my pet - Pinchy the freshwater lobster (named after Homers pet).
He lives at the bottom of my tropical tank and eats algae discs, food that falls to the bottom, and small, slow fish!

He's only about 3-4 inches long. Never weighed him though - but I'd guess he's less than 23 pounds.
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Whoops - give Mr. Pinchy a couple of extra algae discs for me then. :thumb:
 
douglas

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Echo said:
A can't see any benefit of playing it out here. Guess I should change my sig.
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Forgiveness is easier to get than permission. Well, unless you're dating this last chick I went out with, in which case you get neither.

no dude, that sig rules!






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Acadian

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from growing up in the Maritimes and fishing lobster a few summers - I can tell you that the meat from smaller lobsters are much tastier than humongo ones. But yeah…that is one big mofo..
 
Skookum

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Acadian said:
from growing up in the Maritimes and fishing lobster a few summers - I can tell you that the meat from smaller lobsters are much tastier than humongo ones. But yeah…that is one big mofo..
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isn't that the truth with so many critters? Just like meat from big deer isn't all that. it's must be that "trophy" thing that comes with a big rack..... hehe i said "big rack".
 
Acadian

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Skookum said:
isn't that the truth with so many critters? Just like meat from big deer isn't all that. it's must be that "trophy" thing that comes with a big rack..... hehe i said "big rack".
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Now sure sure about Deer - I’ve eaten meat from big Deers that was pretty darn good. I think for Deers it’s more about its habitat and what it eats.
 
dh girlie

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MMcG said:
the caption says it is going to a zoo in Philly I think.

I can't imagine a lobster that heavy - crazy! You'd need a HUGE pot to steam that sucker!
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Well I'm no expert on lobster...but from what I understand a lobster that big isn't going to be good eatin...poor bastard...they shoulda just snapped a picture and lowered him back down to the ocean floor to spend the rest of his days peacefully.
 
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Acadian said:
Now sure sure about Deer - I’ve eaten meat from big Deers that was pretty darn good. I think for Deers it’s more about its habitat and what it eats.
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MY buddy here at work grew up in Lousiana, (Cajun, not Creole) and his mom shipped out 10lbs of deer sausage.
HE said he'd give me a few pounds for my next batch of Gumbo, if I give his a bowl or two. :thumb:

I'll let you know how the sausage tastes.
If it is anything like the Boudan that he gave me, it's gonna be GOOD.
:drool:

I like alternative/Game meat in general though. Lamb, Goat, Pheasant, duck, rabbit... Double :drool:
 
Ciaran

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profro said:
Yeah, I visited Maine a couple of years back and they said that there are quite a lot that tons bigger than the 1-3 lb we eat. They can't harvest the big ones because they are the brood stock.... I think.
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Yup... smaller lobsters are tastier.

Trivia Tidbit: Back in the middle ages and rennaisance lobsters were considered peasant food and often used for fertilizer as well as feeding the peasants. A person of nobility wouldn't eat lobster as it was beneath them.
 
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