October chit-chat

[jingle]

I haven't been offered much seafood since I was 18 or 19 when I went with a friend to celebrate her 21st birthday. We had lobster! I was very excited and thought it would be wonderful. Ugh ugh ugh. I think that was one of the most horrible things I've ever tasted. And, after that, every time I tasted anything seafood I hated it. I don't like any sort of "fish" and I certainly don't want any sort of snail.

[agate]

Maybe the lobster wasn't well cooked. Was it the texture or the flavor that you disliked? It shouldn't have been tough but it should still have been fairly chewy.

[Prot]

I haven't had lobster for a long time. I had it quite often when growing up. Lobster with melted butter is delicious.

[agate]

I used to love it too--yes to the melted butter and maybe some lemon juice.

[Prot]

Definitely lemon juice. I'd forgotten about that.

[agate]

Lemon juice seems to work well with just about any seafood.

[Prot]

That's very true.If I had the money to do so it would be fish/seafood > meat. It's a comparative thing. I don't dislike meat. I just like fish and seafood better.

[Virginia]

I used to enjoy lobster a lot, when I went somewhere that I knew cooked it right. Now, I no longer go those places. We had one place here that displayed the live lobster in something like a fish bowl. People would pick the one they wanted. I never could do that.

[Prot]

Another seafood I like is dressed crab. Also potted shrimps.

[agate]

Crab is yummy!

Virginia, I've seen those places where you can pick your own live lobster. I never tried that either.

I do recall that it was fun boiling a (frozen) lobster. After almost no time at all in boiling water, the shell would turn the most beautiful red.