I seek a place to buy fresh lobster in Toronto

sasemohan123 · Feb 16, 2012

Ceiling Cat said:
I do believe that some wholesalers will allow the public to walk in and buy a few lobsters. As far as the 10 pounders go, you are getting 5 pounds of shell and need a sledge hammer to bust the lobster open.

Yes, that place is the wholesaler but it's NP if you walk-in and buy one or two or many. I don't know if you'll get 5 lbs of shell, i'm "worry" more about the head

, but the question is which size is the best tasting? Personally i am scared of so big a lobster.

danibbler · Feb 16, 2012

The larger/older a lobster is the more tasteless and tough the meat.

Ceiling Cat · Feb 16, 2012

sasemohan123 said:
Yes, that place is the wholesaler but it's NP if you walk-in and buy one or two or many. I don't know if you'll get 5 lbs of shell, i'm "worry" more about the head , but the question is which size is the best tasting? Personally i am scared of so big a lobster.

Ceiling Cat said:
Any place that has a lobster tank has to move the inventory fast, or they will end up with dead lobsters. The suppliers that supply the sea food stores are in many cases also supplying the big supermarket chains. They can not afford to give bad seafood to anyone. Lobsters are are like cars, if the store has a large inventory and a big order coming they will reduce the prices to sell. On one occasion I was about to purchase a couple of lobsters when the price was $6.99 a lb. A guy changed the sign in the lobster tank to $6.99 a lobster. To move inventory they were willing to give up 1 1/4 lb to 1 1/2 lb. lobsters for the same price. People that came up later got the 1 lb lobsters or even some weighing less. I picked 2 of the larger livelier ones and asked the guy behind the counter to weigh them for me. The two lobster came up almost 3 lbs. BTW- Lobsters are best at that weight ( 1 to 1 1/4 lbs. maximum 1 1/2 lbs. )

The older the lobster, the thicker the shell. How do you think they survived all those years in the ocean? If you pick up a 1 pounder, you will see that the shell is soft. The older lobsters have a very hard shell like armor. The best lobsters are between 1 pound and 1 and a half pound.

Perry Mason · Feb 16, 2012

Ceiling Cat said:
. The best lobsters are between 1 pound and 1 and a half pound.

I disagree. IMHO, the best are between 1.5 and 2 lbs... and don't go more than 2.5 unless you are making bisque.

Perry

Ceiling Cat · Feb 16, 2012

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