Lobster Salad
Ingredients
Directions
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
Add the lobster and boil rapidly for about 20 minutes until bright red.
Remove the lobster and let it cool.
Crack the claws and disjoint them.
Twist off the head for garnishing.
Split the body in two.
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.
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