Thanks to Tricia E for help with grilled lobster

14 years ago

The grilled lobster tail that I made with Tricia's help was a huge success, and I'm anxious to make it again! Thanks so much Tricia for your help!!

I have a bandaged finger on my right hand from a pancake accident this morning, which is why I cannot write more (or earlier)! I had to take a Vicodin for the pain, but I should be okay tomorrow.

Lars

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triciae
14 years ago
That looks delicious, Lars! I can tell by the pix that it's moist & yummy.

Sorry about your pancake accident. Hope it's not too serious. Shame on those pancakes!

/tricia
eileenlaunonen
14 years ago
YUM!!! That looks soooooooo good!
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annie1992
14 years ago
Lars, that looks delicious. I hope your finger is better soon.

Annie
eandhl
14 years ago
That looks delicious. Is there a recipe posted somewhere?
User
14 years ago
How timely!

I'm on my own for dinner so I took a lobster tail from the freezer and was deciding what to do. I really didn't want to put it in a sauce. So was just going to steam and dip in melted butter but your lobster looks so good!

Off to look for the recipe.
claire_de_luna
14 years ago
Lars, that looks delicious. I want some!
Lars
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks for the comments! I stayed home from work today so that my finger could recuperate, and I was really in no condition to work on furniture models. I'm only just now able to type easily again. My boss is in the hospital for surgery today, and so there was less for me to do.

Here are Tricia's instructions. I parboiled only one minute instead of two, and the only herb I added was parsley. We grilled them over Mesquite charcoal, which gave them a very nice flavor, and so we didn't need more herbs. The weather has been in the upper 70s lately, and I wanted to take advantage of the sudden dry spell. We really should try to grill for lunch instead of dinner (before DST) because it got dark by 6:00 and by 6:30 the temperature had dropped to 67Â°. I think I want to get some more lights for the patio, but I might wait until autumn. We've got lots of leftover grilled food now, which is good since I have limited cooking ability now.

My pancake accident happened when I picked up a cup of melted butter from the microwave. I'm planning on getting rid of that cup, as it looks like it should be microwavable but obviously isn't. I have a couple of huge blisters now, and I'm keeping them bandaged up for protection. Kevin had to finish making the pancakes (cornmeal), which consisted of sifting the flour, salt, BP, BS together, adding the buttermilk/egg/butter mixture to the soaked cornmeal, and then combining everything and cooking it. He was terrible at measuring the flour and was also terrible at combining all the ingredients together. I don't know how he managed to have so many lumps (not really a problem, but still!), and the batter came out very thin (from not measuring the flour properly). Then when he tried to cook them he poured enough batter to fill the entire pan, which made it very difficult to flip the pancakes. I had thought nothing could be simpler than making pancakes, but I guess there is more to it than I realized. Yesterday evening he made rice, and that came out okay.

Lars
eandhl
14 years ago
Thank you for the link Lars. They look so good.
I hope your hand heals up quickly.
annie1992
14 years ago
Lars, if you had seen my pancake thread pictures, you'd see that pancakes CAN be messed up. My first batter was too thin and it all ran together into one big pancake, which I then cut into pieces to flip over. Tell Kevin he's not alone with the pancake issues!

I'm glad your finger is better, do you have an aloe plant in your kitchen. I'm constantly burning myself on something because I'm clumsy and so I keep an aloe by the kitchen window.

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jessyf
14 years ago
Feel better Lars!
dedtired
14 years ago
I'm glad the lobster was a success and so sorry that your attempt at pancakes was not. Poor finger. Things like that hurt so much and get in the way of everything you do, especially if it is your dominant hand and it usually is.

When the snow thaws off the grill I will give this lobster method a try. Thanks for giving it a blistered thumbs up.
Lars
Original Author
14 years ago
Annie, I used to have a very large aloe in my yard in Venice, and I neglected to bring any of it with me when I moved, but they grow like weeds here, and so getting another one will be easy. I grew it mainly for the flowers, and I forgot that it is helpful for burns. I do have some burn cream that is excellent, but I am almost out of it and need to get more the next time I see my doctor. I got it from an emergency clinic when I burned myself on a laser printer back in 2000. I've kept it in the fridge and it still works great.

I did see your pancake thread, Annie, and so I can relate to that as well. I've taught Kevin how to make a few things so that he can cook in case of emergency (like now), but I still have to supervise for most things. Cooking just doesn't come naturally to him, probably because he never watches me do it, nor does he watch cooking shows on TV the way I do.

I'm limping through work today and was surprised at how much was waiting for me when I got here.

If we had snow here, I could have put my fingers in it!

Lars
dixiedog_2007
14 years ago
Lars those lobster tails look delicious! I haven't had a grilled lobster tail in ages. They were on sale for Valentine's weekend but I didn't buy any. I wish I had seen this thread earlier and I might have bought them.

Hope your fingers are healing well.
lakeguy35
14 years ago
Your lobster tails looks great Lars! I'll have to try the parboiling method the next time I make them on the grill. I've always just tossed them on raw. I usually broil them.

After Nancy mentioning lobster last week my store had froaen tails on sale for $6.49 each. I picked up six at that great price. They usually sell for thirteen dollars or more. DM called and told me about it too....she is craving some lobster too.

Sorry about your burn!

David
jimster
14 years ago
The lobster tails look perfect. I cringe to hear about the burns though.

Pancakes are easy, in the sense of taking very little work or time to make them. They are difficult in another sense, that is it requires a knack to do them right. It's the confusion between these two that leads to beginner mishaps with pancakes. The disaster is multiplied when a bunch of well meaning folks decide to have an easy, profitable fund raiser for their organization and nobody on the crew has the knack.

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Lars
Original Author
13 years ago
I'm making this lobster again this afternoon, but I had to find the thread with Tricia's instructions because I had foolishly not saved it. It's saved now! Fortunately, I was about to find this thread with a link to her advice. I've only made lobster one other time since the first time, and I forgot to use her instructions, and it wasn't as good.

I'm so glad I was able to find this!

Lars
beachlily z9a
13 years ago
Lars, can you share her instructions with us? I've searched and searched with no result! Please??
User
13 years ago
beachlily, look ups a few posts on this thread. Lars has embedded Tricia's instructions.

I am so looking forward to my trip to the Atlantic Coast and lobster overdose!
beachlily z9a
13 years ago
Duh! Thanks!
trudy_gw
13 years ago
Our Valentine's Dinner....lovely grilled Lobster tail. Used Tricia's recipe.
Wonderful smokey flavor, dipped in butter. Mmmmm so good. Will definitely make this recipe again.

Thanks Lars and Tricia for the recipe.
dgkritch
13 years ago
What is with you and finger injuries in February, Lars???
I noticed the original date on this thread was from Feb. of last year and now you cut yourself again this year???

What gives?

Deanna
trudy_gw
13 years ago
No wonder I was so confused when trying to read the recipe. Had two windows open on computer. When I read the other post, I thought it was a knife and know its oatmeal. Then I thought no it's the two glasses of Valentine's Day wine that we were having before dinner! LOL

Be careful in the month of Feb. while cooking Lars!
Lars
Original Author
13 years ago
That was almost exactly a year to the date for my finger accidents! It must be something cosmic - I'll have to check my transits when I get home. Usually I am having Mars/Uranus transits when these things happen, and if I look up those transits ahead of time, I can make an extra effort to be careful when they are in effect. I'm usually very excitable during those times and have to force myself to calm down.

Trudy, I'm glad you found the recipe that Tricia shared.

Lars

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