Totally random, but when you eat a whole steamed lobster, what is the green gunk and are you supposed to eat it? I felt so wasteful getting a whole lobster put down on my plate, and only eating the claws and tail.

Any advice on eating lobster?
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It's called the roe, and considered by some to be the best part of the lobster.

I think it's nasty.
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Proper name for it is tamale, I think that it sucks. Claws and tail are where it's at. The legs also have some nice sweet meat if you suck it out of them. I have lobstered for years and really am not a fan. I might eat about 4 a year. I know that my wife and a bunch of lobstermen love the tamale but I look it as liver in other words inedible.
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I'd prefer a big old pile of crab over lobster. To me, it just tastes better.
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Yall are nuts for eatin any of it at all IMO. My wife loves lobster but I hate it.:-)
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This was the last whole lobster my wife and I ordered out, a 13 + pounder.
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Damn that looked like a good time!! :-)
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The green part is nasty and I'm not one the waste food. The Tomalley fulfills the functions of the liver and pancreas.
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Scott, did a lobster that big actually taste any good?
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I stick to the tail and claws. I'm not adventurous enough to eat the other stuff.
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:-) Big ole pile of crab meat and a few cups of hot butter...mmmmmmm
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Just got back from Maine last night... give the lobstah men some time to catch back up from my visit! :-)
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When lobster's good and sweet, it's hard to beat. When it tastes like iodine, blech.
I love lobster. I don't eat the tamale. I don't do that with crawfish either. If I want some poop, I'll hit the litter box. :-)
Grilled lobster basted with butter can't be beat, but I do love me some snow crab, too. I think I enjoy clams the most though. Depends the mood I'm in.
I can eat snow crab and shrimp pretty much any day.
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don't forget the garlic bread...mmmm
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In this order:

Dungeness crab
King crab
Snow crab
Shrimp
Oysters
Blue crab
Lobster
Scallops
Crawfish
Clams
Mussels

Don't eat the green crap!!
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I will stick to cow, pig & chicken thank you.
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Pretty much good advice in general. Stay away from broccoli, spinach, cucumbers, etc. :-)
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MMMMMM....mussels! :-):-):-)
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Am I the only one who thinks that oysters look like a giant wad of mucus?
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Poor Pinchy!!!
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