Thanks for the suggestion but Diamond Bar is about 45 miles from me. I'll just have to keep an eye out for something closer to me.

Yes, I just returned from Maine as well. The issue is that the season came in early due to the warm winter. So they have LOTS of softer shell lobsters which they can not ship very far. Hence, the uber-low prices are really found primarily in New England.

We took advantage of the situation by enjoying grilled beef tenderloin filets topped with chunks of freshly cooked lobster meat and Bearnaise sauce. ^

And I fly back to Maine next week! :D

45 miles for cheap lobster is worth the drive :)

There should be some HMart or 99 locations closer to you - are you near San Gabriel or deep-south OC?

I've seen them for $3.99 a pound in MA at Market basket and at a local fish store.

This thread prompted me to look at our local Ranch 99 ad:

http://www.99ranch.com/coupons_flyer...rnia/flyer.htm

Way OT, but I like the bottom of page 1, "Duck (parts missing) $1.79/lb."

I'm imagining a bag of feet, bills and anuses :D

The beef finger meat is interesting too...I didn't know cows had fingers.

a business in our neighborhood is selling roasted duck feet for dogs. the price was $7 a pound, or maybe 8. so i decided to look on line and buy a few lbs of duck feet and roast them. they are readily available from china. they are priced by the 32' container. that is 32 x 8 x8 ' container of duck feet. i did not bother to check the price.........

off topic but I gotta know, how did you utilize the squid?

When we go to Maine every August, our mantra is "No meat(beef) in Maine."

If it's all you can eat!:)

Neither, West Side.

My local Albertson's has live lobsters for around $14/lb, give or take, so the savings at HMart aren't high enough to warrant the drive. Can eat only so much. I'll have to check the Oriental markets that are much closer.

But I appreciate the "heads up."

They're baaaaaaaaaaack . . . lobsters are in H-Mart (in Fairfax, Virginia) for $4.99/lb this weekend. That's down from what it was two weeks ago. They have live abalone for $3.99 (each)! I called the local Giant in Northern Virginia and their price this week is $11.99/lb. The Asian supermarkets seem to run these specials more than other supermarkets.

Link to their circular here:

At Demoulas in Massachusetts they are $3.99/lb. Link to their circular here.

Does anyone here stock up when it's cheap and prepare it for freezing and using it later? Is it worth doing? Any recommendations?

This page has instructions on freezing whole, parts, raw, and just the meat

http://www.lobster.um.maine.edu/medi...0at%20Home.pdf

I've frozen just the meat and used it for dips and as an ingredient in other things later, and we've frozen the cooked broken up lobster (claws and tails) for making sauce. I've never tried eating a frozen lobster, but in our area, the price swing isn't that much to make it worth it. Yes they are great when they are $3.00 or $4.99, but the normal price is $6.99 every two or three weeks the rest of the year, it's not worth freezing them to save a couple bucks, it's just better getting them fresh.

This lobster dip is wonderful though and a great use for the frozen (or fresh) meat

http://www.fromaway.com/cooking/clas...ne-lobster-dip

glad the lobster is cheap in dc
 

guess they eat alot of this....wish could get this price out west.....was talking with german guy and said it would be 60 usd a plate in usa.....well i had for 10 usd in mexico in 1980.....its seems strange lobster such a fine meat for cheap ....glad you can taste...

Ah! Perfect! This information is exactly what I was looking for--especially that dip recipe. It sounds really good. I like the way they kicked it up a notch with a little Sriracha and cayenne. I'll have to give it a try.

A friend of mine makes a cold shrimp dip that uses cream cheese and sour cream, and that would probably also be good if one were to switch in some nice, tasty lobster.

I might get some extra to freeze and transform into bisque when the weather cools off a bit. Lobster in this area tends to range from $9.99/lb - $12.99/lb with sales sometimes taking it down a few dollars.

Thanks!

Where are you out west? H-Mart is advertising lobster (this weekend only) for $5.99 in their California circulars. They have stores in Diamond Bar, Garden Grove, Irvine, and Norwalk.