How Do You Cook A Spiny Lobster?
If you travel to the Caribbean islands or along the coast of Central America, you’ll often see lobster on the menu of the restaurants. This isn’t the true, or Maine type lobster you may be more familiar with, but rather a somewhat similar looking creature called the spiny lobster or rock lobster. Have no fear. Spiny lobsters are every bit as delicious as their more northern distant relative. But there are some differences between the two that you should be aware of, especially if you’re the one doing the cooking. It’s quite likely you’ll encounter a spiny lobster in your local supermarket any day now, if you haven’t already. Spiny lobsters are generally more abundant and less expensive than true lobsters, and acceptance among consumers is growing. In many restaurants in the U.S., when you order lobster tails, you’ll be getting tails of spiny lobsters. You should first of all know that the cousinship between spiny and true lobsters really is a distant one. They are related by virtue of
