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Get the Dad Who Thinks He Already Has Everything Something Really Lively this Fathers Day

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How is a number-one son or daughter going to be uber cool with a gift for Dad this Father’s Day?  Whether sharing the day, or sending a gift from afar, what does a good son or daughter gets for a father who thinks he has everything?
Well, think lobster.  That’s what thousands of good children do!
Send Dad a lively lobster this Father’s Day!
 Thanks to a Cape Cod lobster online service, Dad can now go over the top on his big day with a big box of live Maine lobster delivered right to his door.  Whether in California, Colorado or Kansas City, Dad can receive an entire lobster clambake packed up and complete with jumbo live lobster, homemade chowders and freshly harvested steamer clams.  There is even a cook pot available to make the gift complete.
A fabulous Fathers Day Lobster Dinner  feast
The service, Lobsters-Online.Com, offers up all size liveMainelobster that only hours earlier were swimming in the cool, crisp clean waters off New England.  Right from the lobster boats, onto the dock and into the modern shipping facilities, the lobster are carefully inspected prior to travel.  Only select grade lobster and freshly harvested clams and oysters are chosen to make the trip.
You don’t have to go to Maine
“Each year we ship lobster clambakes to hundreds and hundreds of dads for Father’s Day.  Jumbo Maine lobster – five and six pounds – have been very popular in the last couple of years,” said Wayne Howe, marketing manager for Lobsters-Online.Com.  “We take great delight in the idea that perhaps somewhere in New Mexico, a Father may hear his door bell ring and there stands a delivery driver holding a specially prepared travel cooler full of  lobster that only hours earlier were swimming in theAtlantic Ocean. What a super surprise.”
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The New England Lobster Clambake is a tradition older than Americaitself. According to historical lore, the pilgrims first learned about the lobster from Native Americans. The pilgrims watched Native Americans gather lobster, clams, mussels and fish and prepare them on the beach.
The Fathers Day lobster dinner clambake features live lobster, Ipswich steamer clams, mussels and Cape Cod clam chowder along with an optional enamel steel cooking pot.  Jumbo five and six pound lobsters are a treat for Dads who really love their lobster.  The 1.5 pound lobster is a favorite for cooking on the grill.  Available fresh lobster tails make any party better. Recipes and information on how to steam lobster are free.
All Lobsters-Online.com lobsters are shipped for overnight delivery.  The lobster and seafood are carefully placed in special insulated cartons.  Individual compartments protect the live lobster from harming one another during their flight. The cooler is packed with gel ice packs and wet seaweed. And best of all, an order placed online by 2:30 p.m. EST can be part of a feast anywhere in the USAthe very next day.

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Try This Tuscan Style Grilled Lobster Recipe for Father’s Day

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Everyone who has ever been to Tuscany has fallen in love with its history, charm, and, of course, its FOOD!  Italian Tuscan style recipes have made their way all over — even to Cape Cod — so try this Tuscan Style grilled lobster recipe just in time for Father’s Day 2013.

Visitors to Italy often learn that the Italian food they eat there often does not look, or taste, the same as it does back home.  But the regional distinctions and flavors of Italy often translate very well to dishes prepared using our wonderful New England seafood.  From a Boston fine dining Ristorante to a seacoast resort, New Englanders love their seafood prepared with the flavors of Italy.

We are fortunate to have Chef Dan from the Lobster Trap Restaurant in Bourne, Mass share his recipe for Tuscan Style grilled whole lobster.  This Italian style dish has been given just the right Cape Cod touch.  Be sure to start with fresh, live hard-shell whole lobster.  Preparing whole live lobster for the grill can be a bit intimidating for first timers, but trust us, the results are worth it.  So go ahead and try Chef Dan’s Tuscan Style grilled lobster recipe.  And enjoy!.

Tuscan Style Grilled Lobster Recipe for Father’s Day

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Try Our Memorial Day Holiday Barbecue Grilled Lobster Recipe

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The Memorial Day Holiday barbecue is often viewed as the traditional start of summer, that time of year when the beach, boats, friends and family all beckon to start the beginning of a great season.  Why not try something special for Memorial Day 2013 by serving fresh Maine lobster  cooked on the grill using our super-easy grilled lobster recipe.

Grilling whole lobster adds a lot of flavor.  The grill brings out the sweet taste of the

Fresh Maine lobster on the grill

Grilled whole Maine lobster

lobster meat but also adds a whole new dimension of flavor that you won’t get if you steam or boil the lobster.  Grilled lobster also complements nicely any other seafood on the grill as well as meats and grilled vegetables. Grilling whole lobster is fast and easy and will be a crowd pleaser.  So let’s get started.

First, you must start with fresh Maine lobster from your fish market or favorite lobster delivery service.  Be sure to ask for hard-shell lobster as opposed to soft shell, or “new shell” lobster.  Soft-shell lobster meat is often to stringy to hold together on the grill and won’t taste nearly as good. Hard-shell lobster is best.

Grilled Lobster Recipe

Grilling lobster adds a lot of flavor. Try this whole lobster recipe at your Memorial Day Holiday barbecue. Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound butter
  • 1/2 cup fresh basil chopped and pressed firmly into cup
  • salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
  • 4 (1.25 pound) whole lobsters (hard shell)
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil

Preparation:

Combine the butter, basil, and salt and pepper to taste in a food processor and blend until smooth. Pack the mixture into a medium ramekin, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Split the lobsters in half lengthwise. Bring the knife down through the tail, making sure to cut just through the meat and to leave the shell connected.

Lay the lobster open, leaving the two halves slightly attached. Break the claws and legs off and crack slightly with the knife handle. Place the claws and legs on the grill over medium low heat and cover with a pie pan. Cook the claws and legs for 4 to 5 minutes per side.

Next brush the lobster bodies with the oil and season with salt and pepper to taste. Place them flesh side down on the grill over medium heat. Grill 7 to 8 minutes. Remove the lobsters and slather with all the basil butter.

Why not also add Steamers to your Holiday Barbecue?
Fresh Steamers and Little Necks

Cooked basket of Maine Steamer Clams

Maine Steamer Clams with Butter

Tender Sword Fish Steaks

As we all travel this Memorial Day Weekend 2013 to be with friends and family and sit down to enjoy our meals, be sure to remember our veterans and those service members still serving so far away.

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Mothers Day Lobster Dinner Tradition Goes the Distance

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Every year  Henry Johnson would take his mother out for a Mothers Day lobster dinner.  But this year, Mom is retired and living 1300 miles away in Naples,Florida.   Getting together on Mother’s Day was not going to be possible.
Johnson said he needed a way to keep the Mothers Day lobster-dinner tradition going.
So Johnson went online to see if he could find a seafood restaurant in Naples offering gift certificates.   But knowing his mother, Lillian Johnson, was a lobster gourmet, he was not sure he could find a restaurant offering the jumbo lobster his mother preferred.
The web search for a lobster-dinner gift certificate delivered a surprising result, according to Johnson. His Google page yielded a Cape Cod, Massachusetts Lobster delivery service that offered to send fresh, live Maine Lobster overnight to Naples, Florida.   And not just any lobster, but jumbo Maine Lobster.  The delivery service – Lobsters-Online.Com – also offered freshly harvested steamer clams and oysters.
Johnson said he was “thrilled” with the idea of sending his seafood loving mother a box of live Maine lobster on Mother’s Day.
After a few minutes of shopping the web site, Johnson selected two four-pound lobsters, a bushel of steamers and the Lobster Trap Co. homemade style Lobster Bisque. The Lobsters-Online.Com service offered a satisfaction guarantee, which was important to Johnson.
“What could be a better surprise,” Johnson said.  “Mom will be sitting at home, and the door bell will ring, and a box of live lobster will be delivered right to her door.”
Johnson said his mother is one of those Lobster aficionados who grew up in Maine, went to school in Boston and raised a family in Connecticut.  His mother’s only complaint about Florida has been that it is difficult to obtain locally fresh New England Lobster and shellfish.
“Mom knows how to cook and eat a lobster like a professional,” Johnson said. “She knows how to make lobster butter with the lobster roe and how to twist the small legs and flippers to get the even the small meat out.”
Sending live lobster on Mother’s Day, Johnson said, will go a long way toward keeping their Mother’s Day lobster dinner tradition going.
Lobsters-Online.Com has been serving up Mother’s Day lobster gift boxes for more than a decade.  Every lobster gift box includes only select-grade lobster fresh from the clean, crisp waters of New England.  The lobsters are placed in boxes with special individual compartments to protect them in transit.  The special box is placed inside a frozen-gel packed cooler and layered with wet seaweed.  The package is then shipped FedEx overnight delivery to ensure the lobster arrives fresh, alive and healthy.
Lobster gift boxes may be ordered by2:30 p.m. ESTfor next day delivery.  Delivery is available Tuesday through Saturday.
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