How to Shell and Eat A Whole Lobster

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Published 2017-08-24

The beauty here is in the breakdown—if you're just eating the claws and tail, you're definitely missing out on some meat. Here, we walk you through the steps of getting everything you possibly can out of a whole cooked lobster, using a nutcracker—the tool most commonly offered in restaurants—to get at the meat. If you still doubt that picking through every last crevice in the body is really worth it, just wait until you see how much we get out of ours. It's nearly a whole extra tail's worth of meat.

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All Comments (21)

@AyyHotDogS 5 years ago

How I eat them? I don't , because poorness .
@redcocoa3584 5 years ago

Growing up in an Asian household this feels like first nature
@racks640 4 years ago

This saved me from looking like an idiot in a fancy restaurant. Thanks!
@skedaddleskedoodle2640 5 years ago

0:28 that’s an emotion I’ve definitely felt
@michaeljdauben 6 years ago

Damn. It's 2AM and I want a lobster right now... :-(
@Iceis_Phoenix 5 years ago

Back in the day they fed lobster to prisoners. Ohh have times CHANGED
@aptoniagt3279 5 years ago

"This is the part where a lot of people quit, *but not us*," I love that reference 😂😂
@MisterMicrowaves 4 years ago

Yo, why don’t u eat the shell? The crispness is a great contrast to the mostly soft lobster meat.
@jamesbossmancaldwelliii5703 5 years ago

I didnt know that green stuf was eatible
@FireMadeFleshII 5 years ago

Big meaty claws.
@MoxieBeast 5 years ago

This is me. Tomalley doesnt get enough love. Neither does that little pincher pieces or the delicious meat in the head 😂😂😂
@kathlenecharbonneau 4 years ago

Great video! You kept it short and sweet and to the point without a whole lot of editorializing. I have never had a whole lobster, but I will be a whole lot less intimidated now should I ever have the pleasure.😀
@marcreichman 6 years ago

What about the little flaps at the end of the tail?
@oliver-leung 6 years ago

There's flavor in the shells that would make a tasty consomme or stock for a seafood risotto.
@nancysherburne7445 4 years ago

I have a twin sister and when we were very young our parents would boil the live Maine lobsters and mom would dish out the tomalley. No matter how careful she was Barb and I always felt the other had more. Even today only the tail meat pleases my palate more than the tomalley. Bravo to one of the few hosts I have seen who knows where what I call a secret cache of lobster meat is. I wish I could remember when, where, and how I learned about the meat found in the pockets inside the body but I am glad you showed other lobster eaters where it is.
@niezkieowo6071 5 years ago

I don't know about you, but i find the cracking satisfying.
@thuy_5285 6 years ago

Ummmm there is meat at the end of the tail where the fins are and it’s a lot
@dwaynewladyka577 6 years ago

That is good eating.
@1Molehill 5 years ago

Don't forget to remove the digestive tract running down the length of the tail
@Justme-nvm 5 years ago

2:10. This is where a lot of people quit... BUT NOT US NOT US .