Lobster Dinner

 
My adventure on Valentine's Day.

Reluctant to pay an inflated price for dinner on this special day, I took matters into my own hands. This is the lobster I got from the Greenwood Fish Market. I must say I have never handled a live lobster before. I read about it, and the kind folks at Greenwood Fish Mart offered some advice (they would of course have split it for me).

So, I got hold of a knife.....

As you can see, it was a pretty large specimen.

Spliting the lobster was not as hard as I imagined:

And it was done, interestingly, there is an instant color change :

And having split it, I was really a little lost..... What exactly was edible and what not? I read about it all, but to see it was a little puzzling.....

I eventually figured that the dark green stuff is the roe and the light green stuff tomalley, all of it is edible

I removed and set aside all the green stuff, and started on the lobster half:

And the other half....

And of course we need some fire:

In the meantime, we start on some pasta

And we start to plate the lobster:

This frees up the pan, and we start to cook the tomalley and roe. The roe turns a very attractive bright orange, and the tomalley more or less retains its color. 

And in some cream

And in goes the pasta

And final assembly:

 

Ready to go!