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IMO the lobster is better in the winter as it is hard shell. I don't care much for it in July and August as it is the soft shell and a different consistency to the meat.
It's been very cold here for the past week or so and you may have heard about our ice storm. If you come be careful on the road.
I probably shouldn't say, but...there's a peace of mind factor for me eating lobsters in the winter that I don't have in the summer; it has to do with the number of yachts, Windjammers, and cruise ships discharging overboard...yes, I know everyone is supposed to be using holding tanks.
Cold water is cleaner water to me...but I am not known for turning away a lobster offered any month of the year. I love shedders just as much as hard shells.
Hope you have a thoroughly enjoyable visit to Boothbay Harbor area!
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Are the Windjammers required to have holding tanks now?
I cooked on one of the Windjammers in 1992. The boats neither had nor were required to have holding tanks then. Get four or five boats tucked up together in some pristine cove, and don't pause to consider that each boat carries 30 or so passengers, and discharges overboard.
Are the Windjammers required to have holding tanks now?
I cooked on one of the Windjammers in 1992. The boats neither had nor were required to have holding tanks then. Get four or five boats tucked up together in some pristine cove, and don't pause to consider that each boat carries 30 or so passengers, and discharges overboard.
Lucky the water is too cold for much swimming!
No one said they actually use them inshore either. Who wants to pay to have them pumped out?
I'm the opposite of Newdawn. I like the shedders more than the hard shells of the winter. The meat in a shedders is undoubtedly sweeter but you certainly get more meat for the size of the lobster with the hard shells. They're all good. Boil 'em up!
Had lobster New Year's Eve. Delicious. I, too, like the shedders betters.
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