Lobster Season In Newfoundland
May 25, 2009 by Irene Duma
Lobster Season in Newfoundland
All of a sudden the restaurants on Water Street have been boasting lobster dinners, some as cheap as $22 bucks for a full meal. The local fish stores as well as the grocery stores are selling them live or cooked fresh at rock bottom prices. Not great for the fishermen – this season prices are lowest they’ve been for lobster in 25 years — around $3 a pound (about $6.60 per kg). But great for the consumer.
Though lobster Season In Newfoundland is a short season, it’s well celebrated. My roommate is invited to a lobster boil and I am green with jealousy.
A few times I have been regaled with stories of friends remembering that lobster was a poor man’s food when they were growing up…a by catch that was unsellable. It has only been in recent times that the crustacean has developed it’s upper crusty ways around here. How fascinant.
Newfoundland’s lobsters are bigger than Nova Scotia’s and some say tastier. Most are headed for the States.
Lobster season is over in June or July, depending on the lobster fishing area, so hurry on up.
PS. Don’t let the sign fool you, that’s one of the city’s finest fish stores advertising its wares. Fresh fish comes in daily at The Fish Depot and they will gladly package your lobster or other purchases up for you for traveling. The Fish Depot is located on Duckworth, just above the big bronze statue on George street.
As for the flippers, I have only had seal flipper pie once. It was a pie from Bidgood’s, and though the pie itself was tasty, the meat is really strong tasting – in fact it tasted like an Omega 3 fish oil pill. I think it might take time for me to acquire a taste for it. A mighty long time.
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I was stationed at Pepperell ab until it closed in 1960. My wife is a Newfie from St Johns. I have eaten most of the Newfie food and love all but cods tongues and flipper pie.
The lobsters are large and taste wonderful. And going fishing on trouting day is great.
Catchin those trout and landlocked salmon in that cold water is some of the best eating you could ever want.Go to Big Rs in St Johns and get a plate of fish n chips with stuffinn and gravy. I bet it will be some of the best you have had.Our fish and chips at Capt. “Ds” here in alabama is good but but not like Big Rs.
My mom is a Newfie and I fondly remember summer vacations up there. Cod tongues, lobster, and fresh off the hook fish fried up for supper.
We are down in Florida now and you can’t get fish and chips like up there. And the lobster are spiney and weird looking. I won’t eat them at all they lack that sweet taste that cold water lobster have.
My favorite place was King Cod in St. John’s. Fish and chips with gravy.. Ohh I can feel my arteries hardening just thinking about it. MMMMMMM
I look forward to taking my family up there and letting them experience the people and the food and the most beautiful country I have ever seen.
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