Originally Posted by ALadyNCal
My first impression was that the tail didn’t look very big for a 5 lb lobster. I had envisioned left-overs because a 5 lb lobster dinner sounded very large to me….but turns out it wasn’t.
When in college, Waltham market sold large(5-9lb) lobsters very cheap($0.59-0.79 a pound). they were considered much less desirable than small 1-2 lb lobsters as they were tougher, and less sweet.
we bought many, steamed them, and chopped them up for salads, chinese, etc.
A 5-9 pounder would yield very close to 50% of weight in meat. A 5 lb lobster should have over 2 lbs of meat, not counting the stuff in the legs