splitting a lobster

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It's been a long time for me, but the one thing I remember was sometimes if you're not doing it quite right, it doesn't cut easy. This is probably just general cooking stuff, but try to use a knife with a safety on the hilt to prevent your hand from sliding down. Either way, make sure you don't do anything stupid where your hand slides down the knife.

[hyde]

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Just put it on its back and push the point of the blade into the head and chop down with the heel of the knife. Some people put them in the freezer for a few minutes to keep them from moving around.

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So if it's on it's back, you're pushing the knife basically into its face?

Also, do you need a big sharp knife?

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Quit screwing around. I'm thinking chainsaw.....

[Tilt]

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Don't split it. Steam it whole. Thats the best way to cook a lobster, period.



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Yep- that's what I've heard. I just can't do it. Boiling- yes. Real slow steam to death- I can't.

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Its not painful for him. He just gets real sleepy as the heat rises. Ever been in a steam room? Its just like that for him, except he dies about the same time that you go grab a towel.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

Flip the bug on its back.

Hold the claws down over its head.

See the sort flat flapper things in front of its mouth?

Take a heavy french knife and point it between those at about a 60 degree angle.

Stab straight down. hard. That stroke should kill the lobster pretty quick by splitting its brain. problem is, the brain is real small, so you might have to stab a couple of times, adjusting your angle.

Once the bug stops kicking you can slice it at your leisure.

[derosnec]

I don't see that much of a resemblance between a roach and a lobster; some but not alot. Btw, lobsters mate for life, right? That + boiling alive = me kinda sad.

[derosnec]

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Flip the bug on its back.

Hold the claws down over its head.

See the sort flat flapper things in front of its mouth?

Take a heavy french knife and point it between those at about a 60 degree angle.

Stab straight down. hard. That stroke should kill the lobster pretty quick by splitting its brain. problem is, the brain is real small, so you might have to stab a couple of times, adjusting your angle.

Once the bug stops kicking you can slice it at your leisure.

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If OP still has an appetite after doing the above, I'd be shocked.

[The DaveR]

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Don't split it. Steam it whole. Thats the best way to cook a lobster, period.

If you are in a sporting mood you can listen to it dying with a stethoscope.

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Why is steaming it best?

[Tilt]

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Don't split it. Steam it whole. Thats the best way to cook a lobster, period.

If you are in a sporting mood you can listen to it dying with a stethoscope.

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Why is steaming it best?

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Texture of the meat is especially tender if steamed. Also the lobster doesn't get waterlogged like it does when boiled.

[Evan]

I had no idea what it meant to "split a lobster" when I opened this thread, I would have assumed you did it after it was dead. Now that I know I think you're pretty much retarded if you do anything other than go to more stores until one will do it for you.

[NhlNut]

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put the point of a large knife between it's eyes, behind the head. In one stroke, split the head in half by thrusting the knife point through the lobster and following through with the blade. This is the most humane way, because it's dead almost instantly.