Lobster must be at least partially
cooked to shell easily.
First, twist off the tail from the body.
Next, remove the claws by twisting them
off.
To remove the meat from the tail, pull
off all the flippers at the end of the tail and push the meat
out through the front end of the shell with your finger.
You also can use a scissor to cut
through the shell on the underside of the tail, then lift out
the meat.
Bend the lower, smaller pincer shell on
the claw from side to side and then pull it away from the
claw. With luck, the pincer will come free and bring with it
the cartilage within the claw.
Then, with the back of a chef's knife,
crack the top side of the claw without crushing the meat
inside. Rock the knife until the claw splits open.
Break open the claw shell and remove the
claw meat in one piece.
Cut open the small pincer and arm
sections with scissors and remove the meat.
There's a lot more meat on this carcass
if you're willing to work for it. You can pick over the body,
the tail fins, and, using a small rolling pin, you can extract
more meat from the legs.