Conn. Restaurateur Says He Won't Steam Big Lobster!

[Zim Hosein]

MILFORD, Conn. -- Restaurateur Jim Parmakian says he simply won't steam and serve Fat Joe, a 12-pound lobster caught off the Massachusetts coast and supplied to Milford's Dakota Restaurant two weeks ago.

Instead, he'll donate the behemoth to Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration next week. Meanwhile, it'll be on display at the Dakota.

"He's too big of a war dog to die in my steamer," said Parmakian, manager of the Boston Post Road restaurant, estimating Fat Joe is more than 80 years old. "It just wouldn't be right."

Parmakian received the lobster three weeks ago from his supplier. It had been caught off the Massachusetts coast.

The restaurateur keeps some big lobsters in-house as a novelty. "Sometimes, people will order a 5-pound lobster as an appetizer to impress friends," he said.

"We were very excited when we heard about the lobster," said Abby Brogan, Mystic Aquarium supervisor of fish and invertebrates. "...People don't often get a chance to see a lobster that big."

The aquarium already has a 25-pound lobster and a 12-pound one, she said, adding that Fat Joe will be quarantined for 30 to 60 days to "make sure it's healthy."

It's rare to find a 12-pounder, since lobster traps are too small to catch them, said Dave Simpson, the supervising fisheries biologist with the state Department of Environmental Protection's Marine Fisheries Division.

Scientists have yet to discover a method to determine the age of lobsters, he said.
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Conn. Restaurateur Says He Won't Steam Big Lobster :Q

Someone get Jim a bigger steamer!

 

[Newfie]

Hahahaha Fat Joe

 

[PurdueRy]

pics of fat ass lobster?

 

[Eli]

:thumbsup:

 

[0roo0roo]

don't think they taste good at that size anyways.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
don't think they taste good at that size anyways.

Only one way to find out! :hungry;

 

[BW86]

that is one big lobster.

 

[CocoGdog]

"yumm... Pinchy.." Homer Simpson

 

[EvilYoda]

Scientists don't know how to judge the age of a lobster? That's cool, didn't know that

 

[Perknose]

See? Size matters!

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Scientists don't know how to judge the age of a lobster? That's cool, didn't know that

well if you think about it, you can really only judge humans to within a couple of years just by looking at them.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Scientists don't know how to judge the age of a lobster? That's cool, didn't know that

well if you think about it, you can really only judge humans to within a couple of years just by looking at them.

And they don't taste nearly as good steamed.

 

[DAGTA]

mmmmm 12 pound ocean bug

 

[illusion88]

Bah, no pics!

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Perknose
See? Size matters!

yea bigger probably means full of toxins and stuff things are bottom feeders, longer they are out there, the more ickiness they build up

 

[NoToRiOuS1]

thought it was a reference to the rapper Fat Joe...kinda confused the hell outta me for a sec

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Scientists don't know how to judge the age of a lobster? That's cool, didn't know that

well if you think about it, you can really only judge humans to within a couple of years just by looking at them.

And they don't taste nearly as good steamed.

:shocked:

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Scientists don't know how to judge the age of a lobster? That's cool, didn't know that

well if you think about it, you can really only judge humans to within a couple of years just by looking at them.

And they don't taste nearly as good steamed.

:shocked:

Yeah, that was my thought too, perhaps they didn't steam them long enough.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Scientists don't know how to judge the age of a lobster? That's cool, didn't know that

well if you think about it, you can really only judge humans to within a couple of years just by looking at them.

And they don't taste nearly as good steamed.

:shocked:

Yeah, that was my thought too, perhaps they didn't steam them long enough.

Probably a seasoning problem too. You gotta use REAL butter.