tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post5503363983527702846..comments2024-03-28T23:05:51.705-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Lobster Bisque SublimeJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-26064257576042438622013-11-05T23:38:38.285-05:002013-11-05T23:38:38.285-05:00This recipe sounds awesome! I am definitely gonna ...This recipe sounds awesome! I am definitely gonna make it this holiday season! @Austin - that is the best story. Totally reminds me of something my son would do. Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02859236609784949881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-73990093327675771762012-01-17T16:00:48.591-05:002012-01-17T16:00:48.591-05:00I've been looking for a good lobster bisque re...I've been looking for a good lobster bisque recipe for months! Never thought I'd come across one while reading a writing blog. Thanks!<br /><br />Also, "Toss in the live lobsters" reminds me of summers in the Outer Banks when my dad would sing and talk to the lobsters as he threw them in the pot.Susan Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06499496263977402609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88648930931384631962012-01-16T10:16:47.764-05:002012-01-16T10:16:47.764-05:00Nope, Karen, all true! Just try it..oh, maybe we c...Nope, Karen, all true! Just try it..oh, maybe we can do it together when Hallie invites all of us over!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-83821823301736476232012-01-16T10:15:22.762-05:002012-01-16T10:15:22.762-05:00Hallie, this is my alltime favorite soup and I wil...Hallie, this is my alltime favorite soup and I will forever be in your debt for the recipe. Forever! I have missed so many soups since I turned celiac (gluten-free), and so many places forget that you can use rice as a thickener. What a delight. Yay! Can you see me dancing? <br /><br />~Avery aka DarylDaryl Wood Gerber a.k.a. Avery Aames https://www.blogger.com/profile/14774220321350792346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-57034379694968889932012-01-16T09:31:12.484-05:002012-01-16T09:31:12.484-05:00Hank, that's really fascinating. I thought you...Hank, that's really fascinating. I thought you were kidding!Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-545868753627636222012-01-15T23:37:42.199-05:002012-01-15T23:37:42.199-05:00Okay.
First get a lobster.
Boil water.
Take the lo...Okay.<br />First get a lobster.<br />Boil water.<br />Take the lobster in one hand.<br />Feet down.<br /><br />(The lobster's feet. Well, Yours will be down, too.)<br /><br />The lobster will be--for want of a better word--kind of thrashing.<br /><br />With one finger, massage what would be the back of the lobster's neck. Behind the eyes. Use a bit of pressure, like you are rubbing that part of the lobster.<br /><br />I am not kidding. In a couple of seconds, the lobster will go absolutely limp. LIMP. No more thrashing.<br /><br />They totally relax. They are OUT.<br />Boom. Put into the water. (Head first, okay?)<br />I truly believe they have no idea.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84668129037025412002012-01-15T23:35:46.994-05:002012-01-15T23:35:46.994-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-20849774551078374042012-01-15T19:22:18.585-05:002012-01-15T19:22:18.585-05:00I am still laughing at this entire conversation. Y...I am still laughing at this entire conversation. You guys are hilariously funny. <br /><br />Hank, come on, we all need to know this skill of hypnotizing lobsters (or selves, as the case may be). Spill, girl!Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-83089965360364571592012-01-15T19:00:55.065-05:002012-01-15T19:00:55.065-05:00Kate Mantilini - writing it down for the next time...Kate Mantilini - writing it down for the next time I'm in LA. I have this otherecollection that the owners of HH had a son who was in my class in elementary school. El Rodeo, late 1950s. Is that possible? That would make them very old. Me, too. Sigh.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-46911544468397851192012-01-15T18:57:41.172-05:002012-01-15T18:57:41.172-05:00Laughing, Deb -
YES, Hank, how DO you hypnotize a...Laughing, Deb -<br /><br />YES, Hank, how DO you hypnotize a lobster? <br /><br />Deb's story reminds me of the ducklings we won at a carnival (remember when you could pitch a ping pong bowl into a gold fish bowl and win and duckling?) -- three of them (I have pictures! another time...) which were installed in the garage where we had to clean the dog house (long gone dog) and feed them. Until they got fairly large and my father drove them to "the farm," or that's what he said.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72586234872913504042012-01-15T18:43:14.305-05:002012-01-15T18:43:14.305-05:00Okay, Hank: I MUST ask how one hypnotizes a lobste...Okay, Hank: I MUST ask how one hypnotizes a lobster? Um, is it possible that you self-hypnotize Hank to convince yourself that the dear little things can't "feel"that they are being boiled? (Someone told me that lobsters "don't feel a thing". I don't believe it -and I still eat lobster whenever I have a chance.)<br /><br />This conversation reminds me of the time my dad took me and one of my younger siblings to a poultry store when I was around eight years old. There was a row of caged live chickens on each wall. Dad asked us which ones looked good to us. My sister and I agreed on one, Dad pointed it out to a man wearing a white apron that was stained with some sort of "red stuff"(hmmm...wonder what it could have been?),the man took The Chosen One out of the cage and disappeared into the back room with it. He reappeared shortly with a package that he handed to Dad, Dad gave him some money, we went back to the car and drove home. On the way home Dad told us that we helped buy Christmas dinner (my memory is hazy on this but I think that was the upcoming holiday) - but I don't think that we immediately made the connection between what happened in the poultry store and what we ended up eating for the holiday. I know that at some point my sister and I thought we were getting a pet and our dad explained that we were not allowed to have pets in our apartment. The whole 'no pets' thing was harder to accept than the fact that we picked our holiday dinner, I think! Our dad was a kind-hearted person so I don't think we believed that we had actually caused a chicken to be killed - we were such innocents!<br /><br />Overall,I think that Austin's Patrick had a MUCH more traumatic experience,because he had bonded with the dear little things before his dad sent them to their deaths!<br /><br />Deb RDeb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52555837229109755362012-01-15T17:58:33.417-05:002012-01-15T17:58:33.417-05:00Hi Hallie, I just couldn't publicly admit that...Hi Hallie, I just couldn't publicly admit that it sounds delicious. You understand. The trouble is, would I risk two bare naked lobsters to find out<br /><br />And I have to admit a great fondness for a wharf-side restaurant in Gloucester (shhhhh) that serves fantastic lobster-stuffed lobster. I love it so much, Auntie-Mom gave me a Kiel James Patrick, Skip's Lobster Shack, bracelet with a brass anchor button, for Christmas as a memento.<br /><br />I would rather have the butter undrawn, myself. I love the flavor the solids add. Just seems bland without. xoMaureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-6692723509176051052012-01-15T17:44:06.393-05:002012-01-15T17:44:06.393-05:00You know, you might not predict this..but boiling ...You know, you might not predict this..but boiling live lobsters only bothers me for a fraction of a second. I hypnotize them first. Do you do that?Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-1771493975105465362012-01-15T17:17:03.304-05:002012-01-15T17:17:03.304-05:00The Lewis's have a restaurant on Wilshire call...The Lewis's have a restaurant on Wilshire called Kate Mantilini where the lobster bisque lives on...Calypsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861680510374389877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-83751388118624135882012-01-15T17:08:09.675-05:002012-01-15T17:08:09.675-05:00Austin, didn't you get the hint that that boy ...Austin, didn't you get the hint that that boy needed a pet??<br /><br />Hallie, I'm waiting for the invite too. Can't quite get over the hump of making my own stock, whether it's lobster or chicken...and how can you be sure to get all the pieces of shell if you don't strain the liquid?<br /><br />But I love the idea of the rice as thickener. Love the whole idea of the bisque, just maybe not making it!Lucy Burdettehttp://www.lucyburdette.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88164313548937140712012-01-15T17:04:23.854-05:002012-01-15T17:04:23.854-05:00Reine: Normally I agree with you. All a lobster ne...Reine: Normally I agree with you. All a lobster needs is drawn butter. (not that I know what that means... how do you DRAW butter?)<br /><br />But I make an exception for the bisque. AND for the incredible pan roasted lobster at Jasper White's Summer Shack. VERY pricey but absolutely incredible tasting.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-59896883065012253412012-01-15T17:01:01.631-05:002012-01-15T17:01:01.631-05:00Claudia: sweet or medium sherry (it's a waste ...Claudia: sweet or medium sherry (it's a waste of dry sherry to throw it in a sup, imho).<br /><br />My lobsters don't even squeak. I toss them right from the bag into the boiling pot and slam down the lid.<br /><br />We're lucky, people pull lobsters from the water very nearby. At the summer farmer's market, a local lobster fisherman's wife sells live lobsters, 'harvested' that day, out of a cooler.<br /><br />Makes up a bit for the fact that this morning it was 8 degrees out.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50667252262358975542012-01-15T16:48:48.157-05:002012-01-15T16:48:48.157-05:00Follow-up: I put my son to bed before I boiled his...Follow-up: I put my son to bed before I boiled his buddies, and I hid the shells so he wouldn't see them the next day. I probably told him they went home to their mommy.<br /><br />Patrick is now 27, a Northeastern business graduate, a contractor of sorts, and he likes to eat lobsters. Although I'm always the one who has to dunk them in the boiling water. They only squeak once, and it's not very loud.Jack Getzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09516237388744739669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-22929117135630038712012-01-15T16:21:27.292-05:002012-01-15T16:21:27.292-05:00Austin, that made my entire day...week...maybe, ye...Austin, that made my entire day...week...maybe, year! I think you should make it into a TV series. It would be a winner. Deb, your response echoed mine. Another winner.<br />And, last but not least, Hallie... You have brought out a big sigh and longing for Hamburger Hamlet #7 and a cup of lobster bisque to start. At the very least, to have a recipe that a fellow alum thinks "is as good as", is good enough for me to try. I sure hope it's great. It's a lot of work! Did you use dry Sherry, sweet Sherry, or both?! Thanks for sharing this. YUM! Can't wait.Claudia B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18144433580297467439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-26777101479087902062012-01-15T16:15:09.884-05:002012-01-15T16:15:09.884-05:00I wish I liked to cook; I love lobster bisque and ...I wish I liked to cook; I love lobster bisque and that sounds AWESOME! But I agree that throwing in 2 live lobsters is a bit intimidating!Lora in Floridanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-91339040050266758302012-01-15T16:07:56.590-05:002012-01-15T16:07:56.590-05:00Hah! Karen! I am. I am! And I desperately long to ...Hah! Karen! I am. I am! And I desperately long to return. And I proclaim it loudly. Here. In public. xoMaureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-31113608244118968722012-01-15T16:04:12.684-05:002012-01-15T16:04:12.684-05:00Uh, Reine, aren't you one? Ha!
Omigod, Austi...Uh, Reine, aren't you one? Ha! <br /><br />Omigod, Austin, that is one funny story. The last sentence deftly illustrates the difference between dads and moms, by the way. There's no way a mom could cook the new buddies after her son had bonded with them! <br /><br />Lobster goo. Maybe I'm changing my mind about this dish. ;-)Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-13959391715194050522012-01-15T15:33:42.055-05:002012-01-15T15:33:42.055-05:00Karen, he's not a Native New Englander if he l...Karen, he's not a Native New Englander if he left. Unless he's desperately yearning to go back. And he has to say it out loud. In public. Sorry. Those are the rules.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-71351235259689067732012-01-15T15:29:21.592-05:002012-01-15T15:29:21.592-05:00And lobster chowder is good. If you don't add ...And lobster chowder is good. If you don't add the milk and other stuff.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24601979271230912512012-01-15T15:23:36.573-05:002012-01-15T15:23:36.573-05:00Austin, put a "snort alert" on that stor...Austin, put a "snort alert" on that story.Leslie Budewitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942314846112875042noreply@blogger.com