Maine Lobster

The Maine lobster is a species of lobster originate on the Atlantic coast of North America. Lobster+Maine make lobster name and famous all over the world and within North America, well recognized as the northern lobster or Maine lobster. It flourishes in cold, petty waters having many rocks in order to hide from marauders and is both friendless and nocturnal.

The Maine lobster is originating as far south as North Carolina, and are well-known needed related to the colder waters in the region of the Canadian Maritimes, Neworiginater land and Labrador, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. They usually array from 20 cm to 60 cm in length and ½ kg to 4 kg in weight, but usually reaches lengths of well over 1 m and weigh as much as 20 kg or more, which make it heaviest marine crustacean of the world. An average mature lobster is about 230 mm long and weighs 700 to 900 g.

The mature Maine lobster's major natural marauder is the codfish, but other enemy includes haddock, flounder, and other huge lobsters. In excess of fishing of cod in the early 20th century has permitted the lobster inhabitants to breed extremely. Maine lobsters make their home in northeast wreckages. As it is the main food of Maine there fore Maine lobster festivals are held every year in which different recipes and food item containing Maine lobster as main ingredient and Maine lobster feats is held all around. Maine lobster season requires less salt as they already holds large amount of salt in it. Maine lobster stew is famous in North American countries and is commonly used food. Fresh main lobster is better in cooking rather canned and frozen Maine lobster.

Live Maine lobster has four distinctive kinds as

Blue Lobsters

Around two million lobsters are blue. There is genetic defect in blue lobsters and therefore produces proteins in excess amount. The protein with a red caratenoid molecule word as astaxanthin together produces blue complex which is names as crustacyanin..

Yellow Lobsters

In august 2006 a person David Percy caught a yellow colored lobster at the mouth of Kennebec River. In 30 million one lobster held yellow color.

Split-Color Lobsters

In July 13 2006 a angler caught the lobster whose shell was half and half colored. He showed a brown and orange shell lobster to oceanarium. Three lobster of this kind was seen within 35 years. 50 million of lobsters hold one type of this lobster. Usually lobster shells are blend in three colors red, blue and yellow. These colors mix to give greenish color.

Albino Lobsters

100 million of lobster held only one lobster of this kind having pigment on shell.

Maine lobster tails are cooked in different ways

Boiled Lobster Tails

1) To boil your lobster, you need a big pot with a cover
2) Pour water in the pot and add lobster, cover the lobster with water completely.
3) add sea salt in the water holding lobster
4) Take the water to a ferocious boiling point.
5) cover the pot once again
6) Boil this live lobster for at least 10 minutes.
7) Once the lobster is cooked drain the water immediately and serve hot.


Broiled Lobster Tail

1) Broiled lobster tails required extra time but this steaming is much better from boiling which gives a succulent and flavor lobster meat. Broiled lobster didn’t loose its nutritional values.
2) you need a broiled rack which will hold your lobster in the bottom of the a large pot
3) need 2 inches of water holding salt in it
4) now cover the pot with a lid allowing the water to boil
5) fiercely bring water to boil and now place the lobster on to the rack and again cover the pot in order to bring it to boiling point
6) Now broil the lobster at least for 15 minutes.
7) Now your lobster is ready to serve.