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Lobsters are one of the most delicious foods and are considered as a luxury by some. They are healthy and low in fat. Unfortunately, they taste better when cooked alive and thus cooking lobsters, for some people, can really be a difficult task what with boiling or cutting them when still alive. However, certain specific cooking methods need to be followed to speed up the killing process.
For boiling lobsters, a large pot full of rolling boiling water needs to be added with salt and lemon juice. For a 12 to 14 quarter pot, the water level needs to be at least 6 inches high. Once the water is at full boil, the lobster has to be dropped head first inside the pot. In case of trying the reverse, the lobster might crawl back out of the pot. For a lobster weighing 1 lb, the ideal cooking time would be 12 minutes whereas for a 1.5 lb lobster the time would be 15-18 minutes. A 2 lb lobster needs about 22 minutes for proper cooking. The boiled lobsters can be removed from the water once the shells are bright red and then can be served with melted butter. Lobsters get overcooked very quickly and to avoid this, they need to be taken out as soon as the time is up and placed on grocery bags or paper towels for draining.
For steaming lobsters, they need to be placed inside the pot, along with something with holes at the bottom of the pot, so that the lobsters are never able to sit in the water. A 10-quarter pot might need an inch of water added with salt. While lobsters under 2 lbs require 10-12 minutes of cooking, 15-20 minutes would be needed for those over 2 lbs.
Live lobsters may not be ideal for broiling. Individuals can kill them by stabbing them through the ?T? mark on their head, appearing right behind the eyes. A sharp knife is essential to cut through the center of the shell followed by cracking the shell and prying the sucker open by hands. Claws can also be cracked but not removed. For broiling, the lobsters are brushed with melted butter and placed on a preheated pan or broiler with the shell side down until they are heated through.
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Some Thai Food Has Six Legs
Many people enjoy Thai food worldwide: spicy soups and salads, flavorful rice dishes are abundant. But in Thailand, fried or roasted insects and scorpions are also popular, readily available, and inexpensive.
Insects have traditionally been a rich source of protein, calories, vitamins, and minerals in the Northern Thailand diet. They are also prized as delicacies. In fact, it is unusual to find an insect which is not eaten in one form or another by local people. Among the most popular are:
� cicadas, locusts, mantises, crickets, and grasshoppers which are all deep fried and are rather crunchy;
� bamboo worms, which are also deep fried;
� giant water bugs, which are steamed; they are also ground into a paste with chili and eaten with sticky rice;
� weaver ants (red ants with a painful bite) and their eggs; sticky rice is dipped into a mixture of ants, eggs, and chili;
� dung beetles; which add a wholesome flavor to curries; however, many people will not eat them because they live in and on excrement.
In addition, Thai people will eat
� the pupae of silk moths and other moths and butterflies; you must first remove the pupae from their cocoons, then boil them until soft with a pinch of salt, finally saut�e them lightly;
� the larvae of wasps and bees; these are deep-fried;
and arachnids:
� poisonous scorpions, which are grilled;
� giant tarantulas, which are also grilled.
I have not seen other spiders eaten, but I suspect if it moves, it is considered food somewhere.
Also, termites (large white ants) are grilled and their eggs are a delicacy used to make a flavorful soup.
Where I lived in Bangkok, Sukhumvit Soi 4, every night starting around 5:00 PM, there was a street vendor with half a dozen kinds of fried and grilled insects and scorpions; her customers were mainly the bar girls in the area. Every night she was quite busy as the girls consider these insects a tasty snack, and munch on them as frequently as Western people munch on potato chips.
The lady vendor does not speak any English, but will pose with her wares for a photograph if you give her a 20 baht (about 60 cents) tip. And if you're brave, you could always buy a bag of deep fried bamboo worms.
About the Author:
Doug Anderson is a retired Canadian programmer. He first visited Thailand in 1988 and has been back many times since.
More information about Thailand at Thai Culture Publishing
Also see Photography Help! for tips and techniques to help you learn digital photography.
Cholesterol Lowering Diet to Maintain Your Cholesterol Level
Below are some simple foods that can be included in diet as they are cholesterol lowering.
- Apples: Pectin present in the apple is a soluble fiber that helps draw cholesterol out of the system. The flavonoids (Quercetin) present in apples act as a strong anti-oxidant which disrupts the formation of Low Density Lipoprotien cholesterol that is bad for our body.
- Beans: Beans and vegetables are an admirable source of soluble fiber and high in vegetable protein. By correctly combing beans with brown rice, seeds, corn, wheat you can make a complete protein. Appropriately combined beans become an exceptional substitute for red meat protein that is high in saturated fat.
- Brown Rice: The oil present in brown rice, not its fiber, lowers cholesterol levels. Brown rice can be joint with beans to form an in-expensive complete protein low in saturated fat. In totaling, this whole grain also supplies good doses of heart-healthy fiber, magnesium and B vitamins.
- Cinnamon: A research published in the journal Diabetes Care found that half a tablespoon of cinnamon daily can significantly low blood sugar levels in people with type II diabetes. It also reduces triglyceride, Low Density Lipoprotien, the bad cholesterol and the total cholesterol level.
- Garlic: Garlic or Allium sativum contains the chemical allicin that has been shown to kill bacteria and fungi, and ease certain digestive disorders. It also lowers the blood clotting properties of blood. But the most prominent notice garlic has received over recent years is its potential usefulness in lowering cholesterol levels.
- Grapes: Flavonoids in grapes protect Low Density Lipoprotien cholesterol from free radical damage and reduce platelet clumping. The Low Density Lipoprotien lowering effect of grapes comes from a compound that grapes create normally to resist mold. The darker the grape, the better it is.
- Walnuts: Walnuts can considerably reduce blood cholesterol because they are rich in poly-unsaturated fatty acids. Walnuts also helpful in keeping blood vessels healthy and elastic. Almonds appear to have an alike effect, resulting in a marked improvement within just four weeks. A cholesterol-lowering diet with a little less than one third of a cup of walnuts/day may reduce Low Density Lipoprotien cholesterol by 12 %.
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