How heavy is Lobster?

Question

My new local Italian restaurant is selling Lobster at £16 per lb in weight. How much could I expect an average lobster to weigh?

Answer 1

1- 2 lbs.....................

! oooooo lobster sounds sooooo good!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

The Nephropidae also comonly known as the lobster to lesser beings(that means you)

To better understand the weight of this creature, we must better understand its origins.

The European wild lobster, among whom is the royal blue lobster of Audresselles, is more expensive and rare than the American lobster but was always appreciated chiefly among the royal and aristocratic families of France and the Netherlands. Such scenes were depicted in Dutch paintings of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

In North America prior to the 20th century, local lobster was not a popular food. In the Maritimes, eating lobster was considered a mark of poverty. In some parts of the Maritime provinces of Canada, lobster was used as a fertilizer for farmers' fields, and a great deal of lobster was fed to slaves or the lower members of society. Outside of the rural outports lobster was sold canned, losing much of its flavour, which can be disguised if the lobster is dipped in drawn butter.

The reputation of lobster changed with the development of the modern transportation industry that allowed live lobsters to be shipped from the outports to large urban centres. Fresh lobster quickly became a luxury food and a tourist attraction for the Maritime provinces and Maine and an export to Europe and Japan where it is especially expensive.

The expense of eating lobster has led to supermarkets selling "faux lobster"; (which is clearly labeled as such), and it is made from fish (often pollock or other whitefish) that has been altered to look and taste similar to lobster. A few restaurants have gone so far as to sell "langostino lobster". Langostino translates into prawn, however the actual animal is, (more likely than not), a crab. Maine fishermen are upset that restaurants are passing off the fake as though is an actual lobster, (the spiny lobster is also called langouste). It is doubtful that the customers would be very happy to find out they are paying more for what is probably nothing more than a fancy-named crab. Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill sold a "Lobster Burrito" which was made from squat lobster, another shellfish which is also very similar to the crab.

P.S They are twice the half of their  weight

Answer 3

the little ones taste better,go for a 1 pounder!!the bigger ones usually arent as tasty!!i usually get 2 little ones.my husbands treat of course!!

Answer 4

THAT is very pricey

considering you only eat a little bit of meat as the rest is heavy shell.

Answer 5

2/3 lb in the uk

Answer 6

A lobster is about 3-5 lbs.  We sell it for $10/lb.

Answer 7

about 6 pounds

Answer 8

1 to 3 pounds in the U.S.

Answer 9

Most restaurant lobsters are 1 pound to 1.25 pounds. Any bigger than that and they can get kind of tough (old age and so forth).

Answer 10

1 to 2.5 pounds   US

Answer 11

Lobsters like anything else that grows can come in every size. A large lobster is great if you are sharing, but a small one is more comfortably consumed because you are going to have a salad and probably a baked potato.  And you are not eating the entire lobster (tail and claws and I'm not excited about the other stuff)  Largest one we've every order was 25 lbs (at Morton's in Chicago) and 6 people shared it and it was great but some of the group ate so much they got sick.  What a night that was!

Answer 12

It depends if the lobster is whole or not.

however 30cm of complete lobster with claws and legs would be a pound and a half to two.

Im sure your restaurant would be happy to show you the lobsters before cooking and pick one of your choice,this way you can be sure they are still alive and fresh before cooking.

Answer 13

probably between 1-10 pounds.

Answer 14

Well I just weighed my brother and he is 150Ibs so there is your answer. Oooh I never knew he was sooooooo expensive

Answer 15

like 88 pounds.

Answer 16

not very heavy

Answer 17

Only one way of finding out, Go in and look for yourself. In some cases, lobsters to look at are very deceiving.

Size matters, smaller they are the juicer larger can be tough.

Also one thing with crustation, heavier they are the more meat it has. Be it crab or lobster.

Lobster mornay Hummmmmmmmm.  Good luck