Lobsters from Canada, Maine, North Carolina, and Rhode Island are virtually indistinguishable. Officially, the largest lobster ever caught weighed 44 pounds. The pilgrims used lobsters to fertilize their fields because they were so plentiful. You may obtain a rough estimate of a lobster's age by multiplying its weight in pounds by 4 and then adding 3 to the result. They usually eat at night.
Lobsters use their larger claw for crushing and their smaller claw for ripping.
New England lobster, Homarus Americanus, comes from the cold waters of the North Atlantic. It has a distinctive flavor, both mild and slightly sweet, and is a natural delicacy. Lobsters are available year-round. When they are cooked, all the pigments are masked except for astaxanthin, the red background pigment. A lobster must shed its shell in order to grow.