I'll have it with chips please

[Gob]

A common lobster weighing in at 7.65kg is thought to be the heaviest caught by a diver in UK waters since 1931.



The animal was discovered off Lannacombe Beach in north Devon in August before being taken to the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth.

Initially named Lionel, the lobster has since been renamed JJ in honour of British boxing Rio Olympics silver medalist, Joe Joyce, the aquarium said.

Vets are monitoring the animal to check time out of water has not harmed it.

James Wright, the curator at the National Marine Aquarium where JJ was weighed, said he appeared to be the heaviest lobster caught in the UK since 1931, when one weighing just over 9kg was caught off Fowey in Cornwall.

Mr Wright said it was "very hard to age a lobster" because they frequently moult and their growth is affected by different factors.

However, he estimated JJ was between 50 and 70 years old.

[Guinevere]

You generally don't ever want to eat one over 2 pounds. They get tough. 1.5-2 pounds is the sweet spot. Eat two!

[Gob]

Ah, I've never eaten one so wouldn't know that!

[rubato]

He's a handsome fellow.

Send him back out to make sweet lobster love to all those fine lady lobsters.


Wait, do they knew he's a he?


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[Lord Jim]

1.5-2 pounds is the sweet spot. Eat two!

Ah, I've never eaten one so wouldn't know that!

All the more for me...

again...

[Guinevere]

Ah, I've never eaten one so wouldn't know that!

Really? How sad for you.

[Guinevere]

He's a handsome fellow.

Send him back out to make sweet lobster love to all those fine lady lobsters.


Wait, do they knew he's a he?


yrs,
rubato

Yes, they can tell. And yes, set him free!

[rubato]

He's a handsome fellow.

Send him back out to make sweet lobster love to all those fine lady lobsters.


Wait, do they knew he's a he?


yrs,
rubato

Yes, they can tell. And yes, set him free!

Imagine the tales of 'alien abduction' he will tell to his friends at the oyster bar. "And then they banded my claws so they could probe me."


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[BoSoxGal]

I'd always heard that assertion about large lobsters, then I lived in Maine for over a dozen years and learned it's not actually true. There are lots of lobster resources out there that confirm, the meat of larger lobsters isn't tough or gross unless overcooked.

One of the biggest misnomers is that big lobsters are apt to be course and tough. Not true at all. You’ll not only get more meat with a good hard-shell jumbo lobster, but the meat will be just as tender if it is cooked properly. Most of the cooking lobster cooking times we find online are much too long.

http://www.lobsteranywhere.com/what-siz ... er-to-buy/

I've personally been to at least a half dozen lobster bakes where really large lobsters were served, cooked properly, and were as tender and delicious as you can imagine. On the other hand I've had a 1.5 pounder served to me overcooked that was essentially inedible. It's all about the cooking time.

That said, one THIS big deserves to go back and reproduce like crazy!