How To Eat a Lobster
By Kim Knox Beckius, About.com Guide
Most lobster eaters find the meat in the lobster tail to be the sweetest and most enjoyable. When you've finished eating the lobster's claws, roll your "bug"--as lobstermen call these saltwater cockroaches--onto its back, and unfurl the tail.
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- Tie On Your Bib and Get Ready to Feast
- Twist Off the Claws
- Crack Open the Claws
- Use a Lobster Pick To Remove the Claw Meat
- Unfurl the Lobster Tail
- Twist To Break the Tail Away From the Body
- Break Off the Lobster's Tail Flippers
- Push the Lobster Tail Out With Your Thumb
- The Last Leg
- Good 'Til the Last Bite
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