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. This process is called molting. It takes about 20 molts over 5-7 years for a lobster to become an adult. Before shedding its old shell, a paper-thin new shell is formed under the old shell.