I'm listening to Frederick Hoffman (on the radio) flack his book A
Short History of the American Stomach/our eating habits and hang-ups
from
the Pilgrim Fathers to the present day. Could be
an entertaining read.

"KevinS" > wrote in message
...
> I'm listening to Frederick Hoffman (on the radio) flack his book A
> Short History of the American Stomach/our eating habits and hang-ups
> from
> the Pilgrim Fathers to the present day. Could be
> an entertaining read.


If you find yourself still thinking about lobsters after the show, read "The
Secret Life of Lobsters", by some guy whose name I forget. Really great
book. More than you ever thought you wanted to know about lobsters.

On Feb 22, 11:30�am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

> If you find yourself still thinking about lobsters after
> the show, read "The Secret Life of Lobsters", by some
> guy whose name I forget. Really great book. More than
> you ever thought you wanted to know about lobsters.

That sounded familiar, so I googled. The book has its
own website:

www.secretlifeoflobsters.com

I'll look for it. Thanks!

"KevinS" > wrote in message
...
On Feb 22, 11:30?am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

> If you find yourself still thinking about lobsters after
> the show, read "The Secret Life of Lobsters", by some
> guy whose name I forget. Really great book. More than
> you ever thought you wanted to know about lobsters.

That sounded familiar, so I googled. The book has its
own website:

www.secretlifeoflobsters.com

I'll look for it. Thanks!


============


Politically interesting, too. Describes how guvmint wildlife shmexperts
decided to teach veteran lobstermen how to protect the lobster population,
and avoid taking lobsters of certain breeding sizes. Meanwhile, the
lobstermen had already figured this out all by themselves, using an old
technology called "looking". :-)

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> "KevinS" > wrote in message
> ...
> On Feb 22, 11:30?am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
>
>> If you find yourself still thinking about lobsters after
>> the show, read "The Secret Life of Lobsters", by some
>> guy whose name I forget. Really great book. More than
>> you ever thought you wanted to know about lobsters.
>
> That sounded familiar, so I googled. The book has its
> own website:
>
> www.secretlifeoflobsters.com
>
> I'll look for it. Thanks!
>
>
> ============
>
>
> Politically interesting, too. Describes how guvmint wildlife shmexperts
> decided to teach veteran lobstermen how to protect the lobster population,
> and avoid taking lobsters of certain breeding sizes. Meanwhile, the
> lobstermen had already figured this out all by themselves, using an old
> technology called "looking". :-)
>
>

Many years ago, on a visit to Bar Harbor, Maine, we went to the lobster
hatchery down at the end of the main street. They gave us a little
presentation about how they have the lobstermen bring in the "berried"
females. They collect the eggs and hatch the baby lobsters there. We got
to look at them under a microscope (they are really, really teeny) and
they look exactly like full-grown versions only in extreme miniature.

When the babies are so teeny they float and become food for all sea
creatures. They keep them in the hatchery until they reach the size
where they will sink. If they can sink, they have a better chance of
eluding prey and growing up to be dinner.

I don't know if they still do these tours, but if anyone is planning a
trip to Bar Harbor, I'd suggest inquiring. It was quite interesting.

I go crabbing in an estuary off of the Gulf of Mexico with a friend each
winter and if we catch any crabs with berries, we put them back. There
isn't any law, just common sense that says we want more crabs next time. <g>

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

On 2008-02-22, KevinS > wrote:
> I'm listening to Frederick.......

I can imagine a 6 ft lobster. I've seen a 3 ft lobster claw.

nb

On Feb 22, 1:37�pm, notbob wrote:

> I can imagine a 6 ft lobster. �I've seen a 3 ft lobster claw.

I can imagine both, but I've seen neither.

On 2008-02-22, KevinS > wrote:

> I can imagine both, but I've seen neither.

Well, that's a start.

nb

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:37:19 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2008-02-22, KevinS > wrote:
>> I'm listening to Frederick.......
>
>I can imagine a 6 ft lobster. I've seen a 3 ft lobster claw.

Costco had them almost that big abut a year ago. IIRC they were
Russian. I had to break them in half to get them in the pot.

Lou

"KevinS" > wrote in message
...
> I'm listening to Frederick Hoffman (on the radio) flack his book A
> Short History of the American Stomach/our eating habits and hang-ups
> from
> the Pilgrim Fathers to the present day. Could be
> an entertaining read.


http://octopus.gma.org/lobsters/alla...erhistory.html or
http://tinyurl.com/2tyaes

My how times and marketing have changed:

"In Massachusetts, some of the servants finally rebelled. They had it put
into their contracts that they would not be forced to eat lobster more than
three times a week"

Gunner wrote:
> "KevinS" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I'm listening to Frederick Hoffman (on the radio) flack his book A
>> Short History of the American Stomach/our eating habits and hang-ups
>> from
>> the Pilgrim Fathers to the present day. Could be
>> an entertaining read.
>
>
> http://octopus.gma.org/lobsters/alla...erhistory.html or
> http://tinyurl.com/2tyaes
>
> My how times and marketing have changed:
>
> "In Massachusetts, some of the servants finally rebelled. They had it put
> into their contracts that they would not be forced to eat lobster more than
> three times a week"
>
>
Folklore has it that only the poor kids in Newfoundland had lobster
sandwiches. The better-off had bologna.

My uncle said that in the 1930s when he was an engineer on a laker (ship
on the Great Lakes/ St Lawrence River that they used to buy a half-dozen
small lobster for five cents, turn a steam hose on them and have a snack.

--
John Kane, Kingston ON Canada