Title: How To Buy A Lobster | The Food Lab
Headings: How To Buy A Lobster | The Food Lab
How To Buy A Lobster | The Food Lab
Criterion #1: Species
Criterion #2: Liveliness
Criterion #3: Hard Vs. Soft
Criterion #4: Size
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Content: Soft shell lobsters are far easier to shuck. Generally, their shells are soft enough that you can cut through them easily with a set of kitchen shears, or even just rip them apart by hand. Hard shell lobsters can require some brute force, lobster crackers, or the back of a knife, particularly to get at their claw meat. Flavor: This one is debatable. Some folks find soft shell lobsters to be sweeter, more tender, and more flavorful. Others find that hard shell lobsters have a more intensely briny "lobster-y" flavor. We're planning a full blind side-by-side taste test, so stay tuned. Yield: Since soft shell lobsters are filled with water, you get much less meat per pound of live lobster than with hard shell lobsters.