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This  savory lobster dip is the perfect prelude to your Memorial Day cookout. Be sure to stock up on our exquisite lobster meat.

Ingredients:
8oz cream cheese
1 cup of fresh cooked lobster shredded in pieces
1 cup of shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 t garlic salt
1/2 t dill weed
1/2 t celery seed
1 cup catchup
1T horseradish
1T Dijon mustard
3T fresh lemon juice
1 t Tabasco sauce

Lobster Dip Recipe Instructions:
Soften cream cheese then put in garlic salt, dill weed, and celery seed, mix well in a medium bowl. Add cheddar cheese and lobster, mix and gently chill for an hour. In a small bowl add catsup, Dijon mustard, horse radish, lemon juice and tobacco sauce, mix well. Form cream cheese mixture into a ball and pour cocktail sauce mixture over top. This savory lobster spread goes best with traditional saltine crackers. It’s a nice balance of salt and savory. Serves up to ten.

If your lucky to have leftover lobster meat you can make an over-the-top lobster roll!

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The lobster roll, like chili, is one of the most contentious foods out there; everyone’s got a favorite way to do it. The sandwich goes back to when lobster was plentiful and cheap as a means to use up less-than-perfect lobsters that wouldn’t fetch that high a price on the market. Your itinerary to Maine wold not be complete without a stop at a roadside stand for this New England favorite.

Here’s what to do: Use a hot dog bun, the kind with flat, white sides, because it absorbs the most butter when toasted in a pan. For the lobster salad, think just mayo, or add celery and a shake of salt and pepper. We like Cain’s mayonnaise because it made right here in Massachusetts and does not contain any of those hydrogenated fats. Pack as much into the bun as you possibly can.

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Fresh lobster meat makes the salad. You can catch some fresh cooked lobster meat a couple of ways. If live near the Maine shore, you can cook up your very own live lobsters and pick the meat. You can also use fresh frozen lobster meat.

To save money, see if “culls” are available. Culls are one claw lobsters and are usually less expensive than a full lobster. Use culls when presentation is not a big deal or when your shucking lobster meat to make lobster rolls or lobster salad. (Did you know it takes three or four molts for a lobster to regenerate a claw to full size?)

A 1 1/4 lb. lobster will yield approximately 4 oz. of lobster meat (much depends on if the lobster is hard-shell and full of meat). That’s about 4-5 live lobsters to make a pound of lobster meat! It sure is a lot of work shucking all those lobsters! It takes about two cups of lobster meat to make a pound.

If you do not live on the coast of Maine, pick up some frozen lobster meat. There are now better sources for cooked, frozen lobster meat. You can buy fresh cooked lobster meat direct from LobsterAnywhere. Now here’s our recipe for lobster salad:

Lobster Salad Recipe

Makes Four Servings

1 pound of fresh lobster meat
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 firm head of lettuce
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard
Salt and pepper
Paprika

1. Sprinkle Lobster meat with lemon juice; chill.
2. Use only crisp lettuce leaves. Wash carefully, roll in clean towel, chill in refrigerator
3. Mix mayonnaise with the mustard; season with salt and pepper.
4. Arrange the lettuce on a pre-chilled salad dish. Place lobster meat on the lettuce; add a spoonful of dressing to each serving. Sprinkle with paprika.

You’ll see a bunch lobster roll recipes made from lobster salad. To be be clear,  lobster salad and lobster rolls are not the same. What to learn how to make the perfect lobster rolls at home? Check out our Lobster Roll Guide.

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Nothing better than baked scallops in the summer. This recipe is from a good friend in York Beach, Maine. Large sea scallops work great for this recipe. Make sure you ask for fresh, dry scallops. There are no additives in dry scallops like those commonly found in store bought scallops–so they retain their sweet flavor and don’t shrink when cooked.

Baked Scallops Recipe

1 1/2 C. bread crumbs
3/4 tsp. dry mustard
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/4 C. melted butter
Paprika to taste
2 lbs. fresh sea scallops

Mix together bread crumbs, mustard, salt, cayenne pepper,Worcestershire sauce in a bowl. Roll scallops in butter, then roll in bread crumb mixture. Place prepared scallops in baking dish and sprinkle with paprika. Bake a 350 (preheated oven) for 1/2 hour.

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My father cooked the seafood chowder! He brought the recipe to Boston from his birthplace in Islesboro, Maine. I remember the tantalizing  smell as Dad carefully blended ingredients.

Boston Fish Chowder Ingredients
1/4 lb. salt pork
2 big onions sliced
2 to 3 cups of raw potatoes (also sliced, never cubed)
2 cups of water
2 lb.s haddock or cod
salt to taste and 1/4 tsp. pepper
2 to 3 cups rich milk or par “coffee cream”

Fry salt pork in heavy kettle. Remove pork scraps and set aside. Cook onions in remaining fat until golden. Add potatoes and water. Place fish fillets on top of potatoes. Season. Cover and cook on low heat until potatoes are fairly soft and fish flakes. Pour milk and heat, but do NOT boil. Avoid stirring (so fish won’t break up too much) and serve with “common” crackers. These crackers are still available from Vermont Common Foods. Sprinkle reserved crisp pork bits on top of chowder.

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