I love seafood, especially crab and lobster. I have been wanting to try my hand at lobster but it seems to be such a daunting task for many home cooks. Last night, I decided to just go for it. I went to my local market and picked out the largest lobster from the tank. As soon as my fishmonger plucked my dinner out of the water I began to feel the nerves. The lobster was not too happy about being taken out of his home as was evidenced by his flailing limbs.

I was still nervous when the time came to actually cook the little guy. Since cooking lobster is a big task, my husband and I decided to record our first attempt. Enjoy this video of nervous Daisy and soon-to-be-dinner Lobster.

Yes, I was nervous and a bit silly while putting him in the water, but that turned out to be the simplest part of the lobster-making process. Lobster shells are rock hard and difficult to crack.

I did most of the shelling but I did need help from my stronger husband for parts of it!

After the tedious and fairly difficult shelling process we finally got to the meat! This is all the meat from a 1 ¾ pound lobster. All that work for barely any meat.

It was still delicious (it’s lobster after all!) and definitely worth the experience.

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