Lobster is one of the world's most delicious food, but it's also one of the most difficult to eat: that's why FDL has brought you this simple video tutorial on how to eat lobster - you'll never get it wrong again with these simple steps.
Lobster is served with a nutcracker and an apposite fork and a bowl with lemon juice and a towel.
How To Eat Lobster | Difficult Food
2 minutes watch
18 Nov 2022
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HOW TO EAT LOBSTER
Follow these simple steps to eating a whole freshly cooked lobster:
- Hold the lobster by its back and twist the legs
- Pull out the meat with a lobster fork
- Twist off the claws with the arm attached
- Snap the claw to separate the two pieces
- Break off the tip of the claw with the nutcracker
- Gently pull the meat out using the apposite fork
- Hold the lobster by its back with one hand and grab the lobster's tail with the other
- Twist your hands in the opposite directions
- Cut the tail open with a sharp knife
- Once the shell is opened, the tail meat can be removed very easily
- Clean your hand with lemon water
- Eat the meat with fish cutlery
- Don't suck out the juice of the legs
- Don't improvise with inappropriate tools
- Don't get frustrated
How to cook lobster?
Test your skills in our round up of Michelin starred recipes where lobster is king.
How to open every shellfish
Now you've mastered lobster, it's time to take on a whole world of shellfish, in this great video from epicurious:
