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Holy Mackerel Hauled Out For Repairs
Category: lobster
How to F^@K Up a Lobster Roll -For The New Readers
This morning I was checking the web for pictures of other people’s lobster rolls to stack up against Mrs Captjoes’
What I found was shocking and disturbing. It seems these mooks up in Maine have found a way to fuck up ruin a perfectly good lobster roll. Listen to me, under no circumstances should the words lettuce, paprika, French baguette, or celery enter the equation when speaking about lobster roll preparation.
I ran across a blog from a nice fellow from Ohio, Curt who runs a great blog about grilling and bread- Bucky’s BBQ and Bread. He details on his blog his exploits in Maine trying to find the perfect lobster roll and comes up with four entries all of which have critical flaws in what they call a lobster roll.
Here is one of Bucky’s pictures-copyright 2008 Curt McAdams
Can you spot the how wrong this is????? Lettuce???? French Baguette??? What kind of pansy ass bullshit are those Mainer’s trying to pull off on their poor unsuspecting tourists that don’t know any better?
Thank you Curt for providing that photo as an example of what not to do to bastardize such a wonderful Northeast tradition as a lobster roll.
Take notes Son
For the proper way to prepare a lobster roll see this post–
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Herring Conveyor In Action
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Belfast Bay Lobster Ale at Passports On Main Street
Rudder and Prop on The Holy Mackerel
If you notice on the rudder there is a silver zinc and also on the bottom of the keel.
The reason that boat owners replace the zincs when they haul out is because electrolysis eats away at metal under the water line on a boat but it eats away at the zincs first so the rest of the metal goes untouched by the electrolysis. If the boat owner keeps up on replacing the zincs when they get eaten away the other metal below the boat will stay in better shape over time.
Rudder and Prop on The Holy Mackerel, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Holy Mackerel Hauled Out At Rose’s Marine
Hauled out for paint and new zincs.
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Maine Lobster Institute Digs The Blog
I sent off the pictures of the lobster that had molted in out tanks to the Maine Lobster Institute and they are using them and the video in their educational material.
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Another View of Lobster Molting With Slide Show
Got a few more pics of the lobster that molted in our tank. I sent them to the Maine Lobster Institute and they will be using them in their educational material.
Click here for the slide show of the lobster molting
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Lobster Molting Video at Captain Joes
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Finnish Exchange Student Gets Unique Lobster Experience
My sister Felicia has been hosting a couple of talented Finnish tennis players. Yesterday when the lobster molting went down at the dock, they happened to stop by. They initially stopped by so I could take some pictures for their parents who read the blog in Finland to see where their kids are and what they are up to.
They were treated to a pretty cool experience with the lobster molting as I bet 99.99 percent of our own local kids have never experience a lobster molting before their eyes. Hell, I hardly ever see it and I’ve handled quite a few over the years.
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Finnish Exchange Student Handles Molting Lobster
Some teens get squeamish around this sort of stuff. Not this guy, he dove right in and embraced the experience.
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Lobster Molting
Here is a website that describes the lobster life cycle much better than I can- The American Lobster :Life Cycle
Lobster Molting, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Lobster Pulls Walking Legs From Old Body
Lobster Pulls Walking Legs From Old Body, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Another pic of the lobster that molted in our tanks yesterday.
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Aaron Pulls Up To The Dock
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Lobster Pulls Tail Out Of It’s Shell During Molting Process
We had a lobster molt at the dock this morning. It’s somewhat rare so I documented it for you to see the process. Video will be coming tomorrow morning.
Lobster Pulls its Tail Out of it’s Shell, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Lobster Molting At The Dock Image 1
Notice the shell separate in a straight line at the top of the carapace. You can’t see it in this picture but the tail has already withdrawn from the shell. The live lobster is to the top in the picture and the half of it carapace shell is left at the bottom of the picture. The lobster is barely strong enough to move.
More pics to come and video is loading.
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Lobster Molting Captured for Video Here at The Dock
It’s rare that a lobster will be landed, sit in our tanks over night and then in the morning go into the molting process.
It happened this morning and I captured it in pictures and video. It will take a bit to upload but look for it later.
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Sayings From Dad- Sharpie
Growing up on the dock with my dad, uncle and cousin there were certain sayings that became part of our vernacular that most people wouldn’t understand but among us they had crystal clear meaning.
I guess I may as well share some of those words and sayings in a little series when one pops up around here I’ll try to explain it for you guys.
A sharpie is a word used to describe a guy that thought he was being slick when trying to get one over on you but he doesn’t realize that he’s a real dummy because you can see right through his lies.
For example- Joe Shmo lobsterman brings in his catch and it’s filled with culls and 2 lb lobsters. We put the tote of lobsters on the scale and he acts overly friendly and has half the amount of weight that he would normally have.
It’s obvious that he took an order for the pound and a quarter lobsters and is bringing them to someone directly and leaving us with the crap on this particular day. Most often a family member or friend. Instead of just saying so which wouldn’t be a problem, he says something stupid like “I’ve never seen such a strange run of lobsters. All culls and big ones”.
Like we were born yesterday.
This guy would be your classic sharpie.
Another example of a sharpie would be a junk guy that comes around and offers to “get rid of any of the scrap stainless or aluminum hanging around for free” Wow sport you’ll take it away for us? How kind of you.
In a case like that I can just picture my dad or uncle saying “He’s a real sharpie, huh?”
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Aaron and Matt Discuss Today’s Lobstering While Natasha Looks On
Aaron and Matt Discuss Today’s Lobstering While Natasha Looks On, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Good Morning Gloucester 