The People that love lobster, really love lobster. Building a summer time menu around lobster is always popular. Lobster salad is a great summer-time way to enjoy lobster in s supper club dinner party.
(Susan and Jennifer at Jennifer’s and Ethan’s wedding rehearsal dinner which featured – LOBSTER)
My wife Susan is a consummate lobster lover. She remembers the first time she had lobster as a ten-year old girl. She enjoyed it then and never misses the chance to enjoy it again. When we make our annual pilgrimage to the beach she tries to have lobster at least once a week. Somehow lobster tastes better at the beach. I will never forget the lecture she gave an old boyfriend of our daughter’s who was a Memphian. He hade the mistake of saying that the lobster from Kroger in Memphis was as good as lobster in the Hamptons. That boyfriend didn’t stand a chance…
(Another crustacean that lost out to Susan)
After college we had an annual “Hamptoons” party with over 20 friends at my parents place in Westhampton. The highlight of the weekend was a lobster feast we would have on Saturday night. Every year some of our guests were lobster neophytes. Susan would conduct “How to eat lobster” training. Back in the day, there was a fair amount of alcohol consumed at those parties. Somehow the combination of a little too much alcohol and a lot of lobster with butter led to stomach issues. Every year we would give out the “Poison Lobster” award to poor sucker that was either over served kamikazes or over indulged with lobster or both.
(Susan relaxing by the pool in Westhampton)
Lobster salad is a great, lighter way to enjoy the prince of the seafood world. I prefer to serve lobster salad in conjunction with a salad ring. Check out the recipes:
I prefer my lobster salad as part of a larger salad with cucumber, tomato and fresh mozzarella versus a lobster roll. My daughter’s in-laws spend summers in Montauk N.Y. where lobster rolls are legendary. I have had some great lobster rolls in Montauk and elsewhere. For me, the bread takes away from the lobster versus the salad ring that complements the lobster. In the end, whether it is in a roll or with a larger salad it doesn’t matter. It is all about the lobster.
(Ode to Montauk and its Lobster Rolls)
Build a supper club menu around lobster and you can’t go wrong.
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