Lobster Roll in CT

[CL82]

Whelp I can’t argue with that , the definitely have flavor

FWIW, bluefish cheeks are delicious. Kind of taste like scallops. The rest? Not so much. I used to use them to bait lobster pots. (I never caught Blue on a bare hook, but I used to cast a 3 hook plug into Manhaden runs. They also went directly into the lobster pots.)

 

[August_West]

FWIW, bluefish cheeks are delicious. Kind of taste like scallops. The rest? Not so much. I used to use them to bait lobster pots. (I never caught Blue on a bare hook, but I used to cast a 3 hook plug into Manhaden runs. They also went directly into the lobster pots.)

Menhaden ( bunker) are great ( if you keep them alive after getting them) for live lining for monster stripers. Once they are dead, yup they are great for chopping into a lobster pot, or chunking and chumming for blues.

 

[8893]

I like the sentiment. It’s right. But the last sentence is not true. I’ve seen bluefish eat bluefish. They are the dumbest fish in the world, I’ve caught them on a bare hook. If @Dove was a fish he’d definitely be a blue

FWIW, bluefish cheeks are delicious. Kind of taste like scallops. The rest? Not so much. I used to use them to bait lobster pots. (I never caught Blue on a bare hook, but I used to cast a 3 hook plug into Manhaden runs. They also went directly into the lobster pots.)

They are the same as bunkers, right? We always used bunker snaggers to hook them and then use them as bait for blues.

Nothing beats catching a snapper blue with a bobber and a cast-master lure imo. One of the best feelings in the world as a kid was seeing that bobber go down and feeling that pull.

Like a clean hit with a wooden baseball bat. Pure joy and adrenaline.

 

[August_West]

They are the same as bunkers, right? We always used bunker snaggers to hook them and then use them as bait for blues.

Nothing beats catching a snapper blue with a bobber and a cast-master lure imo. One of the best feelings in the world as a kid was seeing that bobber go down and feeling that pull.

Like a clean hit with a wooden baseball bat. Pure joy and adrenaline.

Yes . Menhaden= bunker

 

[August_West]

These were both caught on bunker:

my nephew:

 

[CL82]

Yes . Menhaden= bunker

= pogies.

 

[August_West]

some random loser:

 

[August_West]

=pogies.

No . Porgies= “ scup”

 

[CL82]

These were both caught on bunker:

my nephew:

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nice, how many pounds?

 

[August_West]

nice, how many pounds?

39 and 44. The one my nephew caught was 5 inches longer but mine was a sea cow.

 

[CL82]

39 and 44.

Man, this is making me so homesick for Connecticut right now.

 

[August_West]

Man, this is making me so homesick for Connecticut right now.

It’s that time of the year. We just fished the full moon. Ridiculous. They are jersey way right now though. Get out there!!!!

 

[Dove]

I like the sentiment. It’s right. But the last sentence is not true. I’ve seen bluefish eat bluefish. They are the dumbest fish in the world, I’ve caught them on a bare hook. If @Dove was a fish he’d definitely be a blue

You just made the list, buddy.

 

[August_West]

You just made the list, buddy.

@Deepster made me do it

 

[Fishy]

I like the sentiment. It’s right. But the last sentence is not true. I’ve seen bluefish eat bluefish. They are the dumbest fish in the world, I’ve caught them on a bare hook. If @Dove was a fish he’d definitely be a blue

Please do not step on the joke, oaf.

Everyone knows you can catch bluefish with a bare hook.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Please do not step on the joke, oaf.

Everyone knows you can catch bluefish with a bare hook.

I caught a trout once with a bare hook. Was trolling on some pond near East Lyme (maybe Uncas) and had just reset my line after making a turn and it kept going out. So, I reeled it in and found a Rainbow hooked through the tail on end of it. Dumb luck.

 

[huskymedic]

The Best Sandwich in Every State

Legends only.

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Abbott's Lobster in the Rough:

—>The protocol may have been a little different this time around, but the lobster shacks of New England—already geared toward a more out-of-doors experience—managed to mostly keep last summer feeling a lot like any other. The soft breezes blowing off the Mystic River kept the air naturally fresh at Abbott's Lobster in the Rough in Long Island Sound-adjacent Noank, where crowds of eager eaters stopped in for deviled eggs and the finest Connecticut-style lobster rolls in the land: meat (here, a quarter pound, though you can get more), melted butter, toasted bun, end of story.<-

 

[8893]

The Best Sandwich in Every State

Legends only.

www.foodandwine.com

Abbott's Lobster in the Rough:

—>The protocol may have been a little different this time around, but the lobster shacks of New England—already geared toward a more out-of-doors experience—managed to mostly keep last summer feeling a lot like any other. The soft breezes blowing off the Mystic River kept the air naturally fresh at Abbott's Lobster in the Rough in Long Island Sound-adjacent Noank, where crowds of eager eaters stopped in for deviled eggs and the finest Connecticut-style lobster rolls in the land: meat (here, a quarter pound, though you can get more), melted butter, toasted HAMBURGER bun, end of story.<-

Incomplete without mention of them using the wrong roll.

Great lobster roll though; but we all know Ford’s is better.

 

[Fishy]

The best lobster roll in every state is like a 50-way tie because no one except the most adept navel-gazers can pretend that there is much difference between any of them.

 

[pepband99]

The best lobster roll in every state is like a 50-way tie because no one except the most adept navel-gazers can pretend that there is much difference between any of them.

It's more like a 5-way tie, as most states consider a lobster salad roll to be a "lobster roll"

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Incomplete without mention of them using the wrong roll.

Great lobster roll though; but we all know Ford’s is better.

Connecticut, along with a very small number of other States (RI, MA, NH and ME and maybe LI in NY) are fortunate to be able to debate if Abbott's, Ford's, etc. The rest of think we've struck gold when McD's brings back their lobster roll in the summer.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Masking the flavor of something expensive by serving it cold with mayo never made any sense.

 

[Fishy]

Masking the flavor of something expensive by serving it cold with mayo never made any sense.

Disagree.

You’re basically making an argument against ingredients.

 

[8893]

Disagree.

You’re basically making an argument against ingredients.

I think he's saying hot with butter > cold with mayo because the former highlights the lobster and the latter masks it.

 

[Fishy]

I think he's saying hot with butter > cold with mayo because the former highlights the lobster and the latter masks it.

No.

Butter, like the ingredients in a lobster salad, are enhancements.

You’re all from Connecticut and not Maine, so you feel the need to roll into battle, but you’re arguing against the very idea of chefs, restaurants, recipes and everything that is not a plain piece of meat on a plate.

 

[8893]

No.

Butter, like the ingredients in a lobster salad, are enhancements.

You’re all from Connecticut and not Maine, so you feel the need to roll into battle, but you’re arguing against the very idea of chefs, restaurants, recipes and everything that is not a plain piece of meat on a plate.

Yeah this makes zero sense.

The main difference we’re talking about here is hot vs. cold. Lobster is cooked. As food, it starts out hot. It doesn’t get better cold and that’s not an enhancement. Mayo is at that point, but that’s a low bar simply because you need some lube or else it gets too tough and fibrous.

Butter, on the other hand, is always an enhancement. Like salt. They always work.

I think of it like fresh corn. It is better hot and buttered, or in a cold corn salad?

And yes, I know that at its peak, great corn actually needs nothing other than a little heat and nothing else.

 

[Fishy]

Corn is gross and your opinion has been flung out the window.

 

[storrsroars]

No.

Butter, like the ingredients in a lobster salad, are enhancements.

You’re all from Connecticut and not Maine, so you feel the need to roll into battle, but you’re arguing against the very idea of chefs, restaurants, recipes and everything that is not a plain piece of meat on a plate.

With that argument, salt and pepper are "enhancements".

 

[pepband99]

Corn is gross and your opinion has been flung out the window.

It's only the staple of the continent, so maybe move to Europe, where you can douse yourself in cold mayo? (Now that's an ugly image)

 

[Waquoit]

You’re basically making an argument against ingredients.

For anyone watches Chopped and bets on it, never choose the chef that "likes the ingredients to speak for themselves." They never win. The judges are chefs and they vote for chefs that make the ingredients taste better than themselves.