156 ABOUT LOBSTERS 



Serve the lobster with melted butter into which 

 each mouthful should be dipped. Provide nut-picks for 

 easy removal of the meat. 



Note: The jointed tail of a lobster should always curl 

 up on itself whether the lobster is supposedly alive or 

 cooked. You should be able to uncurl this tail with your 

 hand, and have it snap back to the curled position. If this 

 does not happen in a " live " lobster, then that lobster is 

 dead or dying. If it does not snap back in a boiled lobster, 

 then the lobster was dead before he was boiled. Most res- 

 taurants know this and will take back without fuss a lobster 

 in this condition. 



