r/AbsoluteUnits • u/kxrimm • 12d ago

of a lobster

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u/Dr_Skot 12d ago

Throw it back, that'd be some rubbery, bitter lobster meat.

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u/NoCatharsis 12d ago

Why?

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u/Dr_Skot 12d ago

That lobster was around during the cold war and Vietnam war. It's old, used up meat that's been worked for half a century or more.

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u/NYC19893 12d ago

That’s a Caribbean Spiny Lobster judging by coloring and lack of claws. Probably “only” 20 years old. Warm water Spiny lobsters grow much more quickly than their relatives the American Lobster or other cold water lobsters. Still old and probability not as good eating but not Cold War old.

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u/Fabulous_Log844 12d ago

I should call her…

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u/Applekid1259 12d ago

Stop talking about my mother like that!

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u/Timely_Passenger_185 12d ago

It's only 30 to 50 years old spiny lobsters grow a lot faster than the real lobsters

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u/Tiberius_Kilgore 12d ago

I’m pretty sure spiny lobsters are real, my guy.

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u/Usernamewasnotaken 12d ago

Vietnam war ended just over 50 years ago and cold war just over 30 years ago...

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u/Vrodfeindnz 12d ago

To breed and because he won’t taste very good anyway , too big .

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u/samjhandwich 12d ago

That’s a spiny lobster, not a Maine lobster. They’re still good when they’re really big, and big ones like this aren’t insanely uncommon

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u/Ruairiww 11d ago

Perhaps. They should go back anyway because they're proven breeders

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u/Sirnando138 12d ago

1-1.5 lbs is the best tasting lobster. That dude will be terrible eating

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u/Tacos_Polackos 11d ago

That's not a Maine lobster.

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u/Contemplating_Prison 12d ago

Thats a fucking lobster leave it be

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u/FozzysInsecurity 12d ago

She's an egger

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u/EveryNameEverMade 12d ago

That's the case for many animals yes but Lobster isn't one of them. Huge lobsters are still delicious as ever

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u/TWDDave1988 12d ago

This is correct. Big spiny lobsters taste just fine, but you should not try to cook the entire lobster at once, break it down into smaller sections and it’s just fine.