How to Eat a Lobster Like a Pro | Food Skills

Eating lobster is not for the faint of heart. One of the few meals messy enough to require its own bib, a lobster dinner can often end in spilled butter, mounting frustration, and heaps of discarded shells. Luckily, executive chef Dave Seigal of the Lobster Place in Chelsea Market is here to breakdown the crustacean cracking does and don'ts. From how to properly pry open a claw, to that little nugget of meat hiding just behind the head, chef Seigal explains how to sink your lobster pick into every last morsel.

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[akillersandwich]

It's always bothered me how most chefs and cooks take out lobster tail meat. First remove the tail. Second, hold it in your dominant hand with the shell of the tail in your palm. Third, crush the tail shell by making a tight fist. Fourth, using two hands pry open the shell and pull out the entire tail piece intact. Lastly, on the top of the tail meat, where it connected with the body, there is a sort of "tab" that you pull all the way to the end of the tail, exposing the "shit pipe" as someone referred to it. Remove the black stuff and you've got yourself a beautiful, full piece of tail meat...none of this cut in half garbage with shit in it.

[magincap]

Yeah dig right in. No reason to clean the poop out the tail right? Born and raised in Maine, grew up catching these things. This is how city boys eat lobster.

[thevalkyrieog]

Gordon Ramsey will be pissed when he sees this. Doesnt even use the legs? Outrageous!

[missMichellePower]

I don't know why I watch these videos, it just kills me inside that I'm not eating that delicious lobster.

[ifourtwo]

Who ever wrote that video description needs a raise A+ work

[DeathBringer]

Lobster is my favorite food of all time. I've had over 20 years of practice cracking open lobster shells, lol.

[acabbagemerchant]

Gordon Ramsey already did this and explains it much better if anyone is interested in using all of the meat from the lobster

[zmhmusic]

Yall should do a chelsea market series

[felicitywillboughby]

I respectfully request the chef to deshell and prepare it for me and thankfully they oblige. No ways am I tearing and cracking anything up at the dinner table loll. I have noted how some people struggle with a lobster dish. 🤗🤗🤗💃

[hipstrfx]

Cheesy garlic butter with Lobsters is THE best way to go.

[catdogpigduck]

Now do that using the knife they give you at the restaurant, not a 100 inch chefs knife.

[s-abe]

"look at this delicious food you can't have"
fuck why did I subscribe to this channel

[ketheasiankid]

Claw and tail are literally the easiest parts... No advice on legs, no advice on knuckles

[nottoday]

0:16 How do you spell "Waiting"?

[SteveShivik]

We always stab the lobster a few times so you don't slowly torture it to death :/ also it's funny seeing someone teach about lobster not from Maine (where I live) - just crack the bitch and get messy haha

[ANCUTTER]

I always wished I could try crab and lobster my parents never had the money. Got a job so first thing I am doing is getting lobster. Any good places in nor cal?

[NJCProductions]

I make lobster salad from time to time and I would steam the lobster until it foams. Also, I go all out for the meats when I do eat one.

[JustinRaymer]

Gordon Ramsey would be so disappointed.

[KOLN]

Missed the leg meat, missed the tail fin meat, missed the meat behind the gills, didn't touch the tamale.

[alicialarsen]

Noticed the rubber bands on the cooked lobster. I find this can make the meat taste bitter. Cut the bands off before cooking :)