Cold Stuffed Lobster

Preparation info
  • 30

    picnic servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

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Ingredients

  • 8 gallons sea water, if available; if not, plain water
  • 2 cups vinegar, if sea water is used

Method

  1. Combine the water and vinegar in a kettle large enough to hold the lobsters. (If sea water is not available, cook the lobsters in plain water according to any standard recipe.) Bring sea water and vinegar to a boil and add the lobsters. Cook for fifteen minutes.

  2. Drain the lobsters. When they are cool, split them into halves. Remove the hard sac near th