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To Boil a Lobster

A method for boiling lobsters in salted water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Boil a Lobster

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the pot

  1. Fill a kettle with enough water to cover the lobsters.

  2. Before the water gets very hot, add the lobsters to the kettle.

  3. Add 2 tablespoons of coarse sea salt.

Boil

  1. Cover the kettle and boil for 30 minutes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Lobsters
The main protein; heat firms and sets its flesh as it cooks.

The step that matters

Timing the boil. Lobster protein tightens and turns rubbery when overcooked, so the flesh stays tender only if the boil is timed to the 30 minutes given and not extended.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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