How to Shell and Eat A Whole Lobster

The beauty here is in the breakdown—if you're just eating the claws and tail, you're definitely missing out on some meat. Here, we walk you through the steps of getting everything you possibly can out of a whole cooked lobster, using a nutcracker—the tool most commonly offered in restaurants—to get at the meat. If you still doubt that picking through every last crevice in the body is really worth it, just wait until you see how much we get out of ours. It's nearly a whole extra tail's worth of meat.

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[AyyHotDogS]

How I eat them? I don't, because *poorness* .

[racks]

This saved me from looking like an idiot in a fancy restaurant. Thanks!

[Iceis_Phoenix]

Back in the day they fed lobster to prisoners. Ohh have times CHANGED

[aptoniagt]

"This is the part where a lot of people quit, *but not us*, " I love that reference 😂😂

[redcocoa]

Growing up in an Asian household this feels like first nature

[MisterMicrowaves]

Yo, why don’t u eat the shell? The crispness is a great contrast to the mostly soft lobster meat.

[michaeljdauben]

Damn. It's 2AM and I want a lobster right now... :-(

[skedaddleskedoodle]

0:28 that’s an emotion I’ve definitely felt

[nancysherburne]

I have a twin sister and when we were very young our parents would boil the live Maine lobsters and mom would dish out the tomalley. No matter how careful she was Barb and I always felt the other had more. Even today only the tail meat pleases my palate more than the tomalley. Bravo to one of the few hosts I have seen who knows where what I call a secret cache of lobster meat is. I wish I could remember when, where, and how I learned about the meat found in the pockets inside the body but I am glad you showed other lobster eaters where it is.

[jamesbossmancaldwelliii]

I didnt know that green stuf was eatible

[MoxieBeast]

This is me. Tomalley doesnt get enough love. Neither does that little pincher pieces or the delicious meat in the head 😂😂😂

[marcreichman]

What about the little flaps at the end of the tail?

[kathlenecharbonneau]

Great video! You kept it short and sweet and to the point without a whole lot of editorializing. I have never had a whole lobster, but I will be a whole lot less intimidated now should I ever have the pleasure.😀

[oliver-leung]

There's flavor in the shells that would make a tasty consomme or stock for a seafood risotto.

[angelat.]

You got all the head meat, but forgot about the tail flippers! There is sweet, gossamer meat inside. Another trick for the legs is to line up three at a time and roll the meat out with a rolling pin (or wine bottle) Next you should do a female for the demo so you could show and discuss the roe.   Also super delicious, with a different texture, I usually ask for a female so I can get the roe. The females have smaller, feathers in the nethers.

Good explanation tho, at home (Nova Scotia) we use the back of a knife to break the claws, and the knuckle meat is always the hardest to get into - but we also either bash with the back a knife, or cut through it with the knife - have to be careful tho.. those spines hurt. Uncle and Granddad were lobster fishermen, I know my stuff.

Overall, great video highlighting how to shell a lobstrosity.

[thuy_]

Ummmm there is meat at the end of the tail where the fins are and it’s a lot

[niezkieowo]

I don't know about you, but i find the cracking satisfying.

[annmittelstadt]

Use a rolling pin to get leg meat out. Start at the feet and roll and you get this whole lobster leg meat. Sp sweet. When chew on the legs you aren't really getting all the delicious meat, mostly juice.

[Justme-nvm]

2:10. This is where a lot of people quit...
BUT NOT US




NOT US .

[thegreatalfini]

I eat it differently,

I take the lobster from the sea, still live and I take A BITE OUT OF IT LIKE A *_M A N._*