Nederlands Français English Home Quality lobster Know-how Logistics Price quality Left Contact Quality When lobsters grow, they scale. Just before scaling, they are, as it were, in a bowl that is too small. The lobsters are then packed with meat and they reach their highest possible quality. After scaling it is just the other way around. Then they have too large a shell and they have to fill it up again. It also takes a certain time before the new scale has hardened. Voor het eigenlijke verschaalproces bevinden de kreeften zich dus op hun maximale kwaliteitsniveau en zijn ze klaar om een zeer ingrijpend levensproces het hoofd te bieden. Die kreeften worden meestal gevangen in het vroege voorjaar. Wanneer ze gevangen worden echter, wordt de natuurlijke cyclus verstoord. Daardoor zien de kreeften ook vaak af van hun verschaling. De kreeften worden gestockeerd in zogenaamde pounds. Dit zijn van de zee afgesloten bassins die onder invloed van eb en vloed waterverversing ondervinden. Ze worden pounded lobstersmentioned. However, it is much better if the lobsters are stored at a very low temperature. In this way they can be stored for a longer period of time at basal metabolism (with minimal consumption of reserves) and thus the quality level is maintained. This can be stored in cooled water, in a shower system or in individual tubes. The last system where the lobsters cannot disturb each other gives the best results. These tubed lobsters are the most expensive due to the above operation, but they have by far the best quality in periods of catch stop or during the summer months, when they scale at a higher water temperature. The fresh catch then has a very low quality level. Smaller lobsters scale several times a year, while the larger ones, depending on their size, sometimes skip several years. It is therefore easy to understand that larger lobsters take much longer to reach the pinnacle of their quality. In other words, the percentage of quality lobsters is much lower for the larger sizes. So much more will have to be selected to obtain a reasonable quality. One more word about mortality. Lobsters that are at the peak of their strength, ie just before scaling, offer the most resistance. So they have the lowest mortality rate. However, for lobsters that are purchased with an already certain mortality upon arrival, this mortality rate doubles at least one more time before arriving at the customer. It is therefore better not to buy lobsters with mortality on arrival. The saying 'avarice deceives wisdom' certainly applies here. When you opt for good lobsters, you have a minimum of mortality. © 2016.