Comments on the food.ie: How not to go about cooking lobsters

My mother also said to stick a match up their bott...

2009-08-14T19:00:51.901+01:00

My mother also said to stick a match up their bottoms.......chiefly, I suppose, to keep any detritus entering the water, but in fact, as one might imagine, it kept them pretty quiet too, after the initial action.

thanks for that, I also meant to say that you can ...

2009-07-15T08:03:46.853+01:00

thanks for that, I also meant to say that you can stand them on their heads for 30 seconds to make them dizzy, that did the job for a while with my escape artist

Fabulous pictures! One way you can keep the lobst...

2009-07-14T22:30:03.274+01:00

Fabulous pictures!

One way you can keep the lobsters from escaping and making so much noise is to stick them in the freezer for an hour or so before cooking them.