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The smaller lobsters are tastier (little known secret). I typically go for 1lb or 1 1/4 lb when everyone gets google-eyed at the 1 1/2 lb or bigger ones. But m
by hammock 3y ago
The smaller lobsters are tastier (little known secret). I typically go for 1lb or 1 1/4 lb when everyone gets google-eyed at the 1 1/2 lb or bigger ones.
But most lobster gets processed, and is not consumed whole. In that case I am all in favor of supporting the lobster fishery like this
- ojbyrne 3y agoIt’s a fairly well known secret in areas that produce lobsters (I lived in Nova Scotia for a long time).
- sneak 3y agoSame with shrimp, and perhaps tomatoes. It’s like flavor is constant regardless of volume, as size goes up, flavor density decreases.
- asquabventured 3y agoFor lobster at least, the sweetness of the meat decreases as a lobster gets bigger though it's more than just the same level of flavor compounds being spread across a smaller amount of total mass.
- asadotzler 3y agoThis is true of virtually all animals we eat. When I fished, the 1 lb bass was a keeper and the 4 lb bass was a throw-back.