tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941870.post115625882747275938..comments2023-09-26T08:42:50.619-07:00Comments on The Seasonal Cook: Maine Report Part Two: SeafoodPyewackethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13374398638186744765noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941870.post-1160074774563188712006-10-05T11:59:00.000-07:002006-10-05T11:59:00.000-07:00Helen -After you've broken off the tail and claws,...Helen -<BR/>After you've broken off the tail and claws, you should pull the body from the shell. Just behind the "head" there should be a little drak gray sac, about the size of a fava bean. It has a somewhat complicated shape - my mother always called it the "old lady in the rocking chair", though I've heard other call it the lady in the shell. You don't eat that. The rest is fine. The gills don't make good eating, but they can go in the stock.<BR/><BR/>I don't know why so little fin fish is eaten in Maine, but I know growing up we had cod, sometimes smelts and that was it. The rest was shellfish.Pyewackethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13374398638186744765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941870.post-1160073893209011232006-10-05T11:44:00.000-07:002006-10-05T11:44:00.000-07:00What a great write up! I am drooling :)Can you ex...What a great write up! I am drooling :)<BR/><BR/>Can you explain to me where lobster liver is? I also heard some people take out the gills. I make lobster stock so rarely that I never know what exactly I should be removing before simmering the shells. As you can see, I am a fin fish girl ;) But I am trying to learn more about shell fish.<BR/><BR/>When we were in Maine, I was wondering where all the fin fish was. One store said they can order me some halibut. It was an absolutely lovely fish and I asked where it was from. They said it's caught in Maine and all shipped to Boston and if they want some they order if from a fish whole saler in Boston. I wonder what all those Mainers have against fin fish? <BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>-HelenHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12271344371852988017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941870.post-1156495004679715652006-08-25T01:36:00.000-07:002006-08-25T01:36:00.000-07:00wow!jealous. lobster heaven.wow!<BR/>jealous. lobster heaven.lobstersquadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130188841853502828noreply@blogger.com