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Lobster is commonly served boiled or steamed in the shell. Diners crack the shell with lobster crackers and fish out the meat with lobster picks. The meat is often eaten with melted butter and lemon juice. Lobster is also used in soup, bisque, lobster rolls, cappon magro, and dishes such as lobster Newberg and lobster Thermidor.
The American lobster was given its current scientific name of Homarus americanus by Henri Milne-Edwards in his 1837 work Histoire naturelle des Crustacés ("Natural History of the Crustacea"). [2] The common name preferred by the Food and Agriculture Organization is "American lobster", but the species is also known locally as the "northern ...
Lobster Newberg (also spelled lobster Newburg or lobster Newburgh) is an American seafood dish made from lobster, butter, cream, cognac, sherry and eggs, [1] with a secret ingredient found to be Cayenne pepper. [2] A modern legend with no primary or early sources states that the dish was invented by Ben Wenberg, a sea captain in the fruit trade.
The most important lobster species on the West Coast of the United States is the California spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus. [16] Recreational lobster fishers in California must abide by a legal catch limit of seven lobsters per day and a minimum body length of 3.25 inches (83 mm), measured from the eye socket to the edge of the carapace ...
A pair of slipper lobster (Scyllaridae) larvae. After hatching out of their eggs, young slipper lobsters pass through around ten instars as phyllosoma larvae — leaf-like, planktonic zoeae. [10] These ten or so stages last the greater part of a year, after which the larva moults into a "nisto" stage that lasts a few weeks. Almost nothing is ...
A lobster salad-style roll, Amagansett, New York on Long Island A lobster roll is a North American dish comprising lobster meat served on a grilled hot dog–style bun.The filling may also contain butter, lemon juice, salt, and black pepper, with variants made in some parts of New England replacing the butter with mayonnaise.
Lobster stew, along with the lobster roll, is one of the most popular lobster dishes in Maine. The ingredient species is the local American lobster (Homarus americanus). It is similar to New England clam chowder in that it is based on milk. [4] Unlike most Maine lobster dishes, it uses shelled lobster meat. [5]
The Lobster War (also known as the Lobster Operation; Portuguese: Guerra da Lagosta; French: Conflit de la langouste) was a dispute over spiny lobsters that occurred from 1961 to 1963 between Brazil and France.