Lobster Roll in CT

[FfldCntyFan]

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A couple buddies saw him at the bar at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich ~1987-1988.

Among their comments:

No matter what you thought beforehand, you cannot comprehend how massive he is (was) until you see him.

He couldn't pick up a drink like a regular person, his hand was too big. He had to come in, palm facing down, parallel to the bar top, put his thumb and index finger on the glass and then roll his hand upward. He obviously had been doing that for so long by then it was second nature to him and he did it as quickly as someone would pick up a glass normally.

 

[HuskyDevil]

Remember there used to be a legendary all-you-can-eat seafood buffet in Rhode Island named Custy's?

40+ years ago, it used to be a huge family event to go there once a year. As soon as we left, we'd start planning our eating strategy for the next year.

Used to be an annual ritual for us too!

 

[huskymedic]

List of ‘America’s 30 Best Lobster Rolls’ features two from CT

Two Connecticut restaurants' lobster rolls are on a list of the country's best, sharing...

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-> Two Connecticut restaurants' lobster rollsare on a list of the country's best, sharing space with entries from Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island — and well beyond New England. In a feature published on MSN, food website Gourmandize shared its picks for the nation's 30 top lobster-in-bun creations, with categories like "Best Classic", "Best Innovative" and "Best Modern."

Abbott's Lobster in the Rough in Noank was named "Best Connecticut-Style Hot Lobster Roll," with a blurb mentioning its three portion sizes of "buttery lobster bliss": "famous" (1/4 pound), "OMG" (1/2 pound) and "LOL" or "Lots of Lobster" (one full pound.)

Lobster Landing in Clinton made the list as "Best Seafood Shack Lobster Roll," with the writeup mentioning its "sizeable, hot, super buttery lobster roll with pleasant views of the harbor" and its weathered shack, which has retained its "old-school charm."

The list naturally includes several restaurants from the Northeast, but also some creative takes on lobster rolls around the country, like a Los Angeles lobster roll with green curry and Thai basil served on a charcoal bun. The feature also spotlights rolls from unlikely geographical points like Atlanta, Austin, Minneapolis, Chicago and Park City, Utah. <-

 

[storrsroars]

Now this is how you do a lobster roll

New food options at Braves’ Truist Park include a $151 burger with lobster tail

Truist Park concessions will also offer Funnel Cake Fry Sundae, Double Play Quesadilla, as the Atlanta Braves open their 2022 season. Learn more about the new food offerings that will be on sale at concessions booths throughout the stadium for Atlanta Braves fans.

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Was watching Pirates game just now and they brought one to the booth for the announcers to dissect. Apparently it's got a lot of lobster meat.

 

[8893]

Hot vs. cold lobster rolls: At CT eateries, warm and buttery reigns supreme

Connecticut lobster roll lovers' preferences may be summed up in two words emblazoned on...

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[Chin Diesel]

Hot vs. cold lobster rolls: At CT eateries, warm and buttery reigns supreme

Connecticut lobster roll lovers' preferences may be summed up in two words emblazoned on...

www.nhregister.com

"I am a Connecticut purist, which is for me just lobster and butter. That's my personal preference," he said. "I think canned tuna fish deserves mayonnaise. I don't think $10.50 a pound — or whatever it is these days — fresh lobsters, that you have to work so hard to get the meat out, deserve that sort of treatment."


Great line.

I feel the same way with most sushi rolls too. If you are making a quality roll you don't need to top it off with a spicy mayo or any other type of sauce. Should be served as is with maybe something on the side.

 

[huskymedic]

Getting to be that time of year…

 

[Fishy]

It is a scientific fact that the lobster roll is the easiest meal on the planet to prepare. It is harder to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich than it is to make a world-class lobster roll. You have to actually try to make a bad lobster roll.

All credit to Red36 in Mystic.

Their lobster rolls are absolute crap. Someone should be shot.

 

[huskymedic]

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[Chin Diesel]

From the perspective of Florida Gulf Coast on western panhandle.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Part 2.

 

[Waquoit]

It's Connecticut Lobster Roll, not New England