Lobsters
Ingredients
Directions
Bring a pot of water to a boil and add salt.
Add the lobster to the boiling water.
Boil for 15 minutes for a 1-pound lobster.
For a 2-pound lobster, boil for 30 minutes.
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.
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What each ingredient does
- Lobster
- Is the main protein; cooking firms its flesh and turns the shell red as proteins set.
The step that matters
Timing the boil by lobster weight. Boiling time depends on the lobster's size. Overcooking toughens the flesh as proteins tighten, so match the time to the weight.
“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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