Live Lobster Delivery

As each New England knows, live Maine lobsters are best eaten at home while wearing an old shirt, with a dish of melted butter and a pile of towels on hand. Add some fresh clams, corn on the cob, potatoes, and a cold beer, and you have a classic New England party on your hands. But what if you can not buy lobster at your local supermarket, or if you have a party and do not want to deal with the assembly of all the different things you need for your lobster dinner? Here are the top 5 things you should know about ordering online Live Maine lobsters.

1. How to live Maine lobsters to be delivered?
Lobsters must be shipped so they arrive alive, if possible. Express delivery is key, so look for shipping FedEx, DHL, UPS or night to be standard with your order. For packaging, look for a combination of different materials, including an air box insulated bags, ice, wet newspapers, and occasionally wet seaweed. You must naturally and cooking instructions, plus lots of bibs, wet naps, lobster cracking and utensils for the ramekins with melted butter for everyone, so look for items to include in your order as well.

2. How should I store the lobsters arrive?
We recommend that live lobsters to be shipped to an address where we can both sign and refrigerate them once they are delivered. Keep live lobsters wrapped in wet newspaper and seaweed used for packing (which will help to keep their gills wet) and refrigerate. The lobsters stay alive for about 24 hours after receipt. Do not cover the lobsters with ice or immersing them in water, why stifle them.

3. What lobsters should I buy?
Usually, people order a lobster per person for a dinner party. Lobsters are sold by their individual weight, and the general rule is that a lobster is an ideal book for a child, while a 1 1/2-pound lobster is ideal for an adult.

Approximate weight to guidelines cooked meat:
· Four pounds of live lobsters will yield approximately 1 pound of cooked meat.
· A 1-1 January / 4 pound lobster (also called a lobster chicken), we get about 4 ounces of cooked meat.
a�� A 1 1 / 4 to 1 1 / 2 pounds lobster yields about 5 ounces of cooked meat.
a�� A 1 1 / 2 to 1 3 / 4 pounds of lobster yields about 6 ounces of cooked meat.
· A 2 + pound lobster will yield about 8 ounces of cooked meat.

4. What is the best way to cook a lobster?
Lobster can be cooked in all directions, and even if they still have great taste, probably the best cooking method is steaming. Not only steam easier than grilling, sauteding, or baking, but unlike boiling, steam will not connect the lobsters from the water during cooking (which makes them messy to eat). Some like to kill the lobsters before cooking, while others add the lobsters to the pot smoking in his lifetime - it's your choice and there will be no discernable difference in taste or texture meat.

Steaming Instructions
Pot size is important here. A 4 - to pot 5 gallon (also known as a lobster pot) can contain up to about 8 pounds of lobster at a time. Bring about 2 inches of water to a boil over high heat in a large pot set-up with a grid, add pasta, rack or steaming. Add lobsters, cover and return the water to boil. Reduce heat to medium-high and steam the lobsters until they are made, according to the chart below. Serve immediately with hot butter and lemon wedges.

Hours approximate steam:
Hard-shelled lobsters need to steam for a few minutes soft-shelled lobsters. To determine whether a lobster-shell hard or soft shell, press gently on the side of the lobs.