Lobster Sing at SINSULL's

Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's
From: SINSULL
Date: 08 Jul 05 - 07:29 PM

refresh!

Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's
From: SINSULL
Date: 08 Jul 05 - 11:33 AM

No dancing around the pots of boiling water!

FINAL CALL!

If you want a lobster (or two) let me know. I will place order on Sunday PM.

Mary

Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Jul 05 - 09:47 AM

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Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's
From: Charley Noble
Date: 07 Jul 05 - 09:20 AM

Then there's the ballad of Lobster Barbie which goes on for 368 verses.

"There are strange tales true..."

However, the thread title is still confusing. I doubt if the lobsters will be leading any songs, although they may join in the refrains.

Anyone know the tune to "The Lobster Quadrille"?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's
From: karen k
Date: 07 Jul 05 - 01:07 AM

Darn, Sins. I really thought that I could do it this time. However, I forgot that I have to work that weekend. It's a swap so I can have the following Th. and Fri. off. I'm going to vocal week at the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, WV and will be leaving on Fri. the 5th.

I'm really disappointed. Lobster is my favorite. Enjoy the evening, all you lucky people.

karen

Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's
From: SINSULL
Date: 06 Jul 05 - 07:26 PM

Lobster boilin' in a pot
Bluefish on the hook
They're sufferin' long
But it's nothin' like
The ache I bear for you my dear, Maryanne.

Subject: RE: Lobster Sing at SINSULL's
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 06 Jul 05 - 06:39 PM

Well, if we start posting the repertoire for the singaround (which will be held right after we sluice off all the buttuh, and lobstuh juice, etcet etcet), then maybe it will get back up amongst the music threads where it belongs.

Tom will sing "The Lobster" of course. And Charley, I think, knows "The Old She-Crab" or another variant.

I certainly hope I'll have recovered from this cold by then!!! (Shoulda drunk the Bushmill's Saturday night.)

Ah well.

Linn

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: gnu
Date: 06 Jul 05 - 12:28 PM

Yeah... I had to filter it to find it today. But... the first post really doesn't make that clear. Must have taken you longer than Monday to "recover".

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: SINSULL
Date: 06 Jul 05 - 12:24 PM

How did this end up in BS? It's a Song Cicle with lobster on the side.
SINS

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: SINSULL
Date: 06 Jul 05 - 12:13 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: Charley Noble
Date: 06 Jul 05 - 11:06 AM

Another novel way to get into a lobster is with armor-piercing shears. We first saw this being done, by the waiter, at a small place at Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia; the manager confessed it was the only way he could get the diners in and out in a timely fashion and without a mess.

Of course, you could always try a Sawsall.

Let's send Spaw a virtual claw!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 06 Jul 05 - 11:04 AM

want to talk decadence? Some friends and I would go to the Cape each fall for years - we would swing by the fish mart and get some fresh steamed and picked tails and clws - then go down to the shore and watch the tide while breakfasting on lobster and armenian string cheese wrapped with bacon.

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: SINSULL
Date: 06 Jul 05 - 10:51 AM

Lily. I am in South Portland about a half hour north of Kittery. It would be great to see you! 12 definites as of last night.
SINS

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: ranger1
Date: 06 Jul 05 - 10:26 AM

Reason #2 why this little ranger doesn't eat lobster:

My first summer job was at Small Bros. Wharf in New Harbor, Maine. I was kitchen help/busperson. The decor included a wooden mallet and cutting board on each table. Nowhere in the restaurant was there a poster or placemat with directions for eating the lobster (who knew that food needs instructions?). David also didn't hand out crackers with the lobsters, you had to know to ask for them. Now, picture some poor tourist who has never seen a lobster before trying to figure out how to get into this thing on their plate. They reach across, grab the mallet and start swinging. VERY funny, as long as you aren't standing or sitting anywhere in the vicinity. However, as the busgirl, I got covered in lobster guts too many times to mention. I also had to scrub the walls with steel wool every night at closing. It took weeks to get the smell of dead lobster out of my clothes and pores after I quit. Ick!

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 06 Jul 05 - 09:53 AM

there's always that lobster claw harmonica I gave your kids....

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: catspaw49
Date: 06 Jul 05 - 09:42 AM

............drool................

Spaw---Lobsterless in Ohio

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: Charley Noble
Date: 06 Jul 05 - 09:24 AM

"Lobster -- butter -- drop cloth -- what more do you need?!?"

Why homemade mayonaise, of course! Melted butter, indeed!

This discussion reminds me of one of Jon Campbell's immortal lines from his "Winnebago" song:

Watch a mobster eat a lobster, are you feeling sad?

My family also traditionally boils up a big bowl of potatos, which no one eats but it's there if needed.

Of course, the best way to cook lobsters is to build a big bonfire on the beach from drift wood, toss in some stones, let everything burn down to coals, add layers of seaweed and lobsters, corn, and whatevers, cover the whole thing with an old CANVAS tarp, and then dig in after everything has steamed for 20 minutes. YUM!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: gnu
Date: 06 Jul 05 - 08:00 AM

Or, is that a given?

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: gnu
Date: 06 Jul 05 - 07:58 AM

Beer.

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 06 Jul 05 - 07:58 AM

Hmmm . . . we'll never be able to explain to a newbie how to extract the meat from the little claws and the body -- so they'll just have to give them to me and I'll demonstrate so they'll know how to do it the next time! ;-)

What's REALLY fun to watch is when a tourist is confronted by a whole lobster on the plate -- beady eyes staring straight up into theirs. I've been very fortunate to be in the vicinity several times (back when I was living in Cape Porpoise) and ended up with the lobster (gratis) after the said tourists ordered a cheeseburger or maybe broiled bluefish.

Charley -- if you're doing it RIGHT, there's no room left for corn on the cob (or even potato chips). Lobster -- butter -- drop cloth -- what more do you need?!?

Linn

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: gnu
Date: 06 Jul 05 - 07:36 AM

MMario... rolling pin? I find the best for getting the meat out of the little legs for making such culinary delights is a can opener. Just don't tell anyone. And, you can always put a bandaid on your thumb to really sell it.

Minds me... SINS... sounds like you might have a few novices at the boil. Best have some peroxide, polysporin and bandages on hand. Nothing will fester faster than a lobster "wound". Nasty little buggers; even after ya b'il 'em.

Ahhh, lobster and crackers and beer. Mmmmm. Now, lobster and corn and beer? Hmmmm. Better add a surcharge for some portable outhouses.

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: LilyFestre
Date: 05 Jul 05 - 10:46 PM

I'm in need of a roadtrip...where in Maine are you? Down towards Kittery or more north towards Houlton? Hmmmmmmmmm?

Michelle

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: jacqui.c
Date: 05 Jul 05 - 10:43 PM

The llama got thrown to Seamus. The lobster will be boiled. Any further questions?

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: SINSULL
Date: 05 Jul 05 - 10:27 PM

All pots are welcome. Corn would be good too. I haven't figured out the logistics yet - depends on how many plan to attend.

Kendall, just how does one "hub" a lobster in polite company? And how does the llama feel about this? For that matter, how does Jacqui feel about this?

SINS, ducking for cover.

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: Alaska Mike
Date: 05 Jul 05 - 10:18 PM

Having eaten Lobster at Sinsull's house in the past, I truly wish we could join in the gastronomic pleasures. But its too far away and I'm performing at a festival that day. I guess I'll have to take a rain-check. Bon appetite!!

Mike

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: Joe Offer
Date: 05 Jul 05 - 09:10 PM

Gee, the last time I was at Mt. Desert Island, my host offered me FOUR lobsters, but I insisted I needed only three. Wish I had asked for that fourth one...

and I wish I could be at the Sinsull lobster fest. Have a good time.

-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: Charley Noble
Date: 05 Jul 05 - 08:27 PM

I've actually done this kind of thing on a regular basis and would be happy to execute the little buggers in the traditional Maine style. My preference is to stick them in the bathtub where they get drunk on the fresh water. Of course if someone wants to use the bathtub for bathing, the lobsters are probably incompatible.

It looks like JudyD and I are both available to come. Should we bring an extra stainless steel pot?

Are you doing corn on the cob as well? That will take another large pot.

Do you want a pickup truck full of seaweed and a tarp?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: kendall
Date: 05 Jul 05 - 08:17 PM

It's easy to hypnotize them. Just hold it in one hand and hub its back with the other. They will go from trying to snap your fingers off to standing on their heads if you do it right.Then, while they are still out, you just pop them into the boiling water and they don't feel a thing.

They don't have the same kind of nervous system as we have, and they only react to dangerous stimuli. In other words, they don't feel pain as we do.

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: ranger1
Date: 05 Jul 05 - 12:20 PM

Put us down for one lobstah, for Jason. You heard the story of my childhood trauma.

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 05 Jul 05 - 12:17 PM

Almost off topic, but not quite...Mother's Day my B-I-L and I were making lobster Thermidor for dinner - and trying to get the meat out of all those little legs is a major pain in the a***!!!! We found a rolling pin would squeeze it out quite nicely! Next time we're going to see if the Pasta Machine will work - it would be even faster!

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: jacqui.c
Date: 05 Jul 05 - 12:15 PM

It's certainly not for the faint hearted and those plastic aprons really are necessary!

Think we'll have to get in some practice before the 30th.....

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 05 Jul 05 - 11:53 AM

Afriend I used to vacation with always swaid that watching someone eat a boiled lobaster was one of the most entertaining floor shows you could get at a restauraunt.

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: GUEST,guest on/in the way
Date: 05 Jul 05 - 11:46 AM

1 for me, please.

Only, I've never done it before, so I'll need a little help.

;)

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: Leadfingers
Date: 05 Jul 05 - 11:37 AM

But the Humane way is to put em in the freezer before boilng , or so i am informed ! Supposed to make the meat a bit more tender too !
And Sorry , but I cant make it !!

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 05 Jul 05 - 11:31 AM

an Ice pick right at the joint of the body and the shell works well - but most experts say it is really just as quick to pop them in the pot of boiling water.

Subject: RE: Lobster at SINSULL's
From: jacqui.c
Date: 05 Jul 05 - 11:18 AM

We'll be there. Can't keep Kendall away from lobster.

He's also very good at hypnotising the little dears before they go in the pot so we'll get there early to help out.

Subject: Lobster at SINSULL's by reservation!
From: SINSULL
Date: 05 Jul 05 - 11:14 AM

July 30th 6PM
although anyone experienced in killing the little buggers is welcome as early as possible.

I need you to PM me by July 10th if you plan on attending. Tami's friend is giving us the lobsters at boat cost and I have to get the order in IN ADVANCE.

If you do not eat lobster (like me), there will be steaks on the grill.

$10 per lobster charge - I can't afford this one. There will be a jar to drop your cash in.

Let me know how many you want.

Kendall can have mine.

SINS