Anybody Else Think that Lobster Is Extremely Overrated?

[J-Cubed]

Lobster at a fine dining restaurant is worth dying for. Tastes amazing if done right.

[ElvisJagger]

Yeah, swordfishes restore more HP and they're F2P too.

[Dec4y]

uh... not quite accurate. "Lobster" that was fed to the plebeians back then was the whole lobster ground up into a paste, shell and all. Surely you didn't think peasants were sitting around with boiled lobster tails dipping them in butter?

Doesn't change the fact that it was poor man's food. The preparation is irrelevant. It's not like the plebes got the leftovers after those prime tails and claws were removed - the lobster itself was considered poverty food. Successful
Marketing turned it around. I can see it in modern times with Tilapia - insipid poverty fish is popping up on menus everywhere seasoned and priced to high heaven in order to increase that profit margin.

[midcoastking33]

overpriced? it's like 4 bucks a pound here

[AdamsAwesome]

Lobster is great when cooked well, I just think that usually only the high end chefs make it tasty enough to be worth it for me. Usually I just prefer crab legs, especially king or cajun style with lots of butter, motherofgod.jpg

[mfitty9000]

I like lobster has a nice taste to it but I only get it like once a year at The Keg (steak and lobster for like 45 bucks)

on its own its a little bland you kind of need the butter too. crab legs are also good, so is shrimp and scallops. you could argue crab legs lack flavor and also argue the same for shrimp but what they are served with makes the meal and it's a nice dish once a year or so.

[GermanLifter]

[Rencity01]

If you are talking about Red Lobster's lobster then you're eating dat poverty sea food. Gotta have the good stuff to appreciate it. But even then I do enjoy shrimp, scallops, and crab more.

[GermanLifter]

[HawtStuff]

Allergic to seafood but...






HGGGGGGGGGH

[d4sm]

crayfish is much better, srs

[JKLOL]

overpriced (probably due to location), but still good.


strong ban l0l

[Copperplate]

Crab Crew Checking in




Lobster and Caviar were peasant's food back in the day

zimmerman, that you?

[SOCALNINER]

i'd say it's right at the price it deserves to be. granted, things could always be cheaper, but given the circumstances it takes to get these phuckers is dangerous i hear.

either way, i love lobster. its gotta be australian rock lobster though. none of that poverty chit.

[gangstamuzik]

I hate lobsters, they taste fine but the smell just puts me off.
Crabs rule.

Srs.

[THE-BEEF]

1. Go to bar harbor, maine

2. Get a lobster roll

3. Report back



They are tasty as fuk

[Hobiebrah]

crab over lobster crew. Dungeness and blue claw rule.

[kups95]

never even eaten lobster' -crew

[mfitty9000]

never even eaten lobster' -crew

I lived a good 25 years before I first tried it. Tastes good man. Try The Keg, steak and lobster when they do that promo (or maybe it's a regular menu item I don't go there enough). for like 50-60 bucks a head you get a pretty nice dinner

[jamesvt]

Never eat lobster at a restaurant. When I'm home I can get 3 decent sized lobsters for like $15.Fresh Lobster right off the boat is great, but I got sick of eating it so often a few summers ago. One thing I miss about Massachusetts is the seafood.

[freelans]

shrimp is better than lobster
would rather ravage a king crab

[CrazySlasher]

I love Lobster (all seafood for that matter)

Lobsters were originally a peasant food, served mostly to prisoners. It wasn't until travel become more abundant that it became popular. Rich people coming to the Northeast, mostly Massachusetts and Maine saw it as exotic.

[Rain50]

lobster mac n cheese is where lobster is at its prime

[mackaveli03]

have yet to try lobster but i was extremely disappointed when i tried crabs, all that work for such little meat that didnt even taste that great(yes i dipped in melted butter and lemon) hoping lobster is better

[C-Winger]

Remember...

Lobster was once the poor mans food.

"Dirt-cheap because they were so copious"

co·pi·ous
/ˈkōpēəs/
Adjective
Abundant in supply or quantity.

[C-Winger]

Doesn't change the fact that it was poor man's food. The preparation is irrelevant. It's not like the plebes got the leftovers after those prime tails and claws were removed - the lobster itself was considered poverty food. Successful
Marketing turned it around. I can see it in modern times with Tilapia - insipid poverty fish is popping up on menus everywhere seasoned and priced to high heaven in order to increase that profit margin.

Really? Your argument is that the preparation of food doesn't matter when it comes to taste? Especially considering you're trying to argue that it USED TO BE considered low status food solely because of it's abundance...
Why is it so expensive now? Supply and demand. You can argue that you don't like it all day, but clearly enough people feel the opposite to warrant the prices.

[Vayne]

A good ribeye is nice.

[MarmoTJ]

You brahs get poverty spec "lobsters" in Merica


Our southern rock lobster(crayfish) is ment to be the best in the world can't think of anything that tastes better to me

[Changedmalife]

stupid OP, now going buy crab legs tomorrow.

[Archangel_Lost]

Doesn't change the fact that it was poor man's food. The preparation is irrelevant. It's not like the plebes got the leftovers after those prime tails and claws were removed - the lobster itself was considered poverty food. Successful
Marketing turned it around. I can see it in modern times with Tilapia - insipid poverty fish is popping up on menus everywhere seasoned and priced to high heaven in order to increase that profit margin.

uhh.. that's not really irrelevant at all.


That's like saying a filet mignon is a poor man's food because fast food uses seived mystery meat beef from scraps and connective tissue.