Lob"stah" and Mussels

Friday evening, after getting our lobster from the docks - it was time to eat them.  However, at Aunt Wende's, everyone has to put their own lobster in the pot of steam - house rule.  So, I made Sarah go first.

Then, it was my turn

Before we could eat anything - we had to clean the mussels we were going to eat.  First rule, if they don't close while you are scrubbing them that means they are dead - throw them away.  You can't eat mussels or lobsters if they are already dead when you start to cook them.  Aunt Wende says the second rule is to see the first rule - it's that important.  We must have done it right - we were all living on Saturday morning.

Finally - it was time to grab our crackers to crack our lobster shells and eat our delicious lobster with melted butter and lots of paper towels.