He's her lobster!

Something you should learn about me right off the bat - I crave food. I can crave anything from Kozy Shack rice pudding to Wagyu garlic and green onion beef rolls. My stomach knows no bounds. If I want cream puffs - I want cream puffs from La Sem bakery and my craving will not be satisfied until I get exactly what I want [sadly, La Sem closed years ago so that ship has sailed :|] You can imagine how difficult or annoying it could be for those around me, who have to search high and low for what I want. But that's what makes life fun, right?!

So this leads me to today's post. Lobster. It all started Thursday morning when a co-worker described a dinner he made the night before that involved lobster. With the seed planted firmly in my head, I planned on having lobster sometime this weekend. Some would ask, did you go to Red Lobster? [this is where I would smack you] Fine, there is a time and place for Red Lobster. I've been known to go now and then, but not for lobster - they charge a fortune for substandard fare. DH loves shrimp so we go once a year so he can stuff himself.

No friends, when I want lobster, I usually want it freshly steamed with lemon and butter for dipping. Today I thought I'd try something a little different. I've had this recipe in my mental Rolodex for years. Ta da!


Turned out perfectly and was very simple to make. The hardest part was cutting the lobster in half. I bought a 2 1/2 lb lobster so it easily served two people. The original plan was to serve it with a baked potato and sauteed pea shoots. Unfotunately I fogot to buy potatoes. Oops.

Chef's treat: Original recipe said to throw out the tomalley. How wasteful! So instead I put the tomalley in a ramekin with a little bit of the topping. I cooked it in the oven along with the lobster. Tasty treat for me :)