limey wrote:
> The ones we see here are at the supermarkets and restaurants, swimming
> around in tanks. These I recognize!
> However, what exactly are rock lobster tails - are they really
> lobster?

We always served rock lobster tails when I worked in a seafood restaurant
years ago. Honestly I don't know where they come from but they were meaty
and tasty. Cut the spines from underneath the shell and flip the "meat"
over the top of the shell (after bending the shell backwards until it
cracks); brush with butter (and garlic if you wish) and broil them until the
meat is opaque.

Slipper lobster tails are smaller but also tasty. Langostinos aren't really
lobster but they taste about the same.

Jill