I got together with Sierra and Adrianna to cook our lobsters. It was a sane process because as we began cooking, we had the chance to know each other better and become friends. First, I boiled my lobsters the night that I received them.The smell of the lobster was so bad, I could have sworn I smelled it for two whole weeks. Then, the coming Monday I began the process of making lobster tail picatta. As I started shucking, I soon discovered that it was a very hard task to accomplish. I had to use a hammer I had around the house to be able to open the tail of the lobster. After I finally was able to receive the meat from the lobster tail, I set it aside. The second part was creating the salad. Afterwards, I washed the lettuce in the sink, then …show more content…
I started chopping the lettuce. Next, I chopped up the tomatoes, celery, and carrots. Then, I added the tomatoes and carrots to the salad and mixed the ingredients all together. Finally, I added extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinaigrette dressing on top and stirred it in with the rest of the ingredients. We were all were hungry, so we decided to take a break and go get some food from Wendy’s. When we arrived back to my house, I started the process of cooking the rice pilaf. I used 30 ml of butter and 30 ml of oil and added the basil leaf. Next, I coated the rice with the oil and butter. I was unable to obtain stock, so I had to use two cups of water. I added a little salt mixed all the ingredients together and turned the dial on low heat. Finally, I put the top on the pan and set my timer for fifteen minutes. As the rice was boiling, I moved to the next step. I moved back to the lobster I had finished shucking.
Next, I gently pounded the lobster tail. I took out three eggs out of the refrigerator and cracked the yolk into a bowl. Then I missed the three egg yolks together with a fork. In another bowl, I added the flower. Grabbing the lobster tail I dipped it into the yolk then the flower. I dipped it into each the two ingredients twice. Then, I put olive oil in the skillet and put it on medium heat. I let the lobster sear for three minutes on both sides. Once the lobsters were thoroughly cooked, added shallots, garlic, capers, lemon and parsley. I mixed all the ingredients in the pan, put the top on and let it cook for two minutes. Once the two minutes passed, I turned the pan to low heat, then proceeded to add the lemon juice. I am not of legal drinking age, so I could not add wine to the dish. When it was finally done, I placed it to the side with the lid on top to contain the heat. The next process was cooking the asparagus. After I rinse the asparagus off, we removed the bottom third of the asparagus. We tossed the asparagus lightly in olive oil and season with salt and pepper before sauteing in a twelve inch nonstick skillet over medium high heat, until it was lightly brown and slightly softened, for about five minutes. Finally, all of my dishes were done and I plated up my
food. I had my two friends taste my dish and both comment cards were very different. One commented that the lobster tasted like chicken and was very appetising. While the other said she was not too fond of the lobster because of the lemony flavor and she is not a big fan of seafood. They both enjoyed my rice and said it was one of the best items on the plate. I was surprised to hear that, especially since I did not incorporate chicken broth. The two girls also enjoyed the seared asparagus. One commented that it was seasoned perfectly and lot too chewy and not too stiff. The salad did not go over well. Neither of them liked the balsamic vinaigrette that was added to the salad. They commented that it was too tangy and did not like the flavor of it. One of my friends even went to the extent of going to the refrigerator, pulled out ranch and added it to the salad, commenting it tasted better that way. This project was very fun. I had the chance to get to know and make new friends as we rocked out to music, told stories about horrible roommates and laughed at each others jokes.
In a separate bowl cut the large scallions and half medium cabbage to small pieces. Peel and chop the potato, malanga, carrots, turnip, yam and the butter squash. Wash the vegetables and put in a separate boiling water. Cover it and cook it in high heat for an hour. After an hour reduce the heat and add scotch bonnet pepper. Once everything is fully cooked remove it from the pot. Used the cooking water to blend the squash into a puree. For the best flavor pour the vegetables, the squash and the cooking liquid into the pot that cooked the meat. After that add parsley, thyme, and broken spaghetti. If there’s no spaghetti, you can substitute with macaroni. Let them all cook for about an hour or until tender. Once done combine meat with soup and enjoy. You can eat this soup with bread has a side dish.
The state of Maine is a huge tourist spot known for it’s rocky coastline and seafood cuisine, especially lobster. Annually, the state holds the “Maine Lobster Festival” every summer, and is a popular lucrative attraction including carnival rides and food booths. The center of attention for this festival is, unsurprisingly, lobster. The author of the article “Consider the Lobster”, David Foster Wallace, mainly uses logos and pathos, and explores the idea of being put into the lobsters perspective by describing how the cooking process is done and informing us on the animal’s neurological system in a very comprehensible way. He effectively uses these persuasive devices to paint a picture for the audience and pave way for the reader to conjure
As “Consider the Lobster” investigates the ethics of how one cooks lobster, it employs pathos while explaining the actions and reciprocations of cooking a lobster. As Wallace addresses the steps in which one cooks
When settlers first came to America, lobster was considered a poor man’s food. The lobsters were so abundant at that time that many people felt that they were competing with them for space on the shore. The settlers felt that the lobster had no nutritional value. At that time both Native Americans and settlers used the lobster as fertilizer for their fields and as bait to catch other fish. Lobster was so disdained that it was given to prisoners, indentured servants, and children. This was such a common practice that in Massachusetts many servants and prisoners had it put into their contract that they could not be fed lobster more than two times a week.
“Consider the Lobster” is an essay written by David Foster Wallace, and published in a Gourmet Magazine. This essay was developed with the purpose of raising the awareness of the society, with respect to the mistreatments suffered by the lobsters. He started by describing the Maine Lobster Festival, which seems to be the major event related to lobster. It happens annually and it serves as a mean to sustain the economy of that region; which besides of the lobsters relies on the tourism to maintain its economy. Just to have an idea of the magnitude of this event, in 2003 the audience surpassed the mark of 80,000 and were cooked more than 25,000 pounds of fresh lobster, according to Wallace.
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Yes, I have pestered someone before. I pestered my dad when I was younger. I pestered him for me being able to play on my ipad. I couldn't have it and I just kept on asking, and asking, and asking, until he finally said yes. I don't recommend pestering someone do get what you want. Because you could get in trouble. There was this one time where I was pestering my mom, and I got in trouble. I would recommend being nice do them and then asking them politely. Doing this, you have a better chance at getting what you want.
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The lobsters are complex creatures, as David Foster Wallace explains in the essay, and the people that are going to the festival are making this complex creature so easy to kill. Wallace is able to validate this argument by using their complexity of life and the simplicity of their death to show the paradox that the festival has created explaining, “Taxonomically speaking, a lobster is a marine crustacean of the family Homaridae, characterized by five pairs of jointed legs, the first pair terminating in large pincerish claws used for subduing prey” (Wallace 55). Then later explaining, “Be apprised, though, that the Main Eating Tent’s suppers come in Styrofoam trays, and the soft drinks are iceless and flat” (Wallace 55). This paradox that Wallace brings to the attention to his audience show that these articulate and graceful creatures are being disgraced by the festival goers by being served on Styrofoam trays and served with unappealing beverages. It is no coincidence that two things that are really explained is the anatomy of the lobster and how complex the makeup of the lifeform is and the simplicity of the death of the lobster. By explaining these two things in depth, he is able to show how ridiculous and unfair he feels that killing and eating the lobster is. Wallace also humanizes the lobster to bring the situation into a perspective that
Someone walks into a fancy seafood restaurant, he/she would usually get some sort of lobster-oriented dish. Lobster is just food to many people and those people do not think much about the fact that those lobsters that they are eating were once living creatures. “Consider the Lobster” by David Foster Wallace talks about lobsters during the Maine Lobster Festival. PETA is also brought into the piece as they dispute the cooks who think lobsters do not feel anything while being boiled alive. Lobsters are living creatures just as humans are, but are almost only considered high class foods.
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