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Originally Posted by SAMIAM
Wow,good investigating,Pineedles....I always thought Japan was the biggest lobster customer.You are right that the best lobster roll is one you make yourself from scratch....but it is not the cheapest.This time of year new shell lobsters are mostly available.A one pounder only yields about 3 oz of meat.A 1lb hard shell yields about 4 oz. Average price this summer is around $7 per pound which equals $28 lb for the meat,compared to $18 for frozen.
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I didn't know that a hardshell would yield more. I would have thought the opposite. We learn everyday something new. We have sales down here in CT at $5.99 per lb., but that is unusual. You may still be right though about Japan, as the report is many years old.
Its funny, I remember my parents let me only have legs when I was around 8 years old when they had dinner parties where they served lobster. That was a few years ago, but I also remember my mother telling me that when she was a child, her father used to bring home lobster for the "cheap" dinner each week. Less expensive than chicken! I just confirmed this story with my aunt last week while taking her back from the lake to her assisted living center in Bedford, NH.
What a scream lobster cheaper than chicken.