Ask employees where the lobster is sourced fromif the store is extremely close to the source, the lobster likely be a bit fresher. Otherwise, location isn't a huge deal. Wrap them in a damp (but not wet) newspaper. Store them in a container or bag with 1 frozen gel pack. Place them on the bottom shelf of your fridge to avoid cross contamination for a maximum of 36 to 48 hours. Claws should be clean and free from scratches. Leave the rubber bands on their claws until you submerge them in watertheir claws are strong and can cause injury. Remember: the farther the sources from their market, the less effect distance has on quality. This should hold about 6 to 8 pounds (2.7 to 3.6kg) of lobster. As a rule of thumb, it's better to have too much water than to overcrowd the pot with too much lobster. Salt increases the boiling point of water. This means your water will come to a more steady boil than it would without salt, which is ideal for rolling boils. For best results, use sea salt. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice into a bowl. You can also purchase lemon juice from the storea medium-sized lemon is about 14 cup (59ml) of lemon juice. Afterward, pour the juice into the stockpot along with the other ingredients. This step is ideal if you prefer a broth (meat cooked with vegetable chunks and water) to a brine (meat cooked in high-concentration salt water). If you plan to eat your lobster with melted butter, you can skip this step. A rolling boil is when the water does not stop boiling when you stir the water. Place the pot on an element and set it to the highest heat possible. Once you notice consistent bubbling, you can begin adding your lobsters. Always keep a rolling boilit will ensure the water will boil even after the lobster is put into the pot, reducing the temperature of the water momentarily. Gently dip them into the water one at a time, always placing them headfirst. Submerge them as fast as possible, but take care not to splash any water. Afterward, clamp the lid onto the pot and turn on your timer. Remove the rubber bands prior to submerging your lobster in the boiling water. Grab the lobster by the back of the carapace (the upper hard shell) while doing this. Submerge the lobsters in quick succession to ensure they all receive equal cooking time. For example, for 4 live 1.5 pounds (0.68kg) lobsters, leave the lobsters in the pot for 43 to 48 minutes. Follow the boiling guide above for different weights. Keep the lid clamped tightly to the pot with no openings in the seal. Gently stir the lobsters with your tongs halfway through the allotted cooking time. You should notice the shells turning bright red (uncooked lobster is charcoal in color). To check if they're properly cooked inside, crack open the region where the carapace reaches the tail using scissors. If it's properly cooked, the meat will be opaque and firm. Tug on an antennaif the lobster is fully cooked, it will come off easily If you notice loose and translucent meat, the lobster isn't cooked. Boil it for another 3 to 5 minutes and then check again. Continue this process until the lobster is completely cooked through.
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One-sentence summary -- Purchase 4 live lobsters from your local grocery store. Fill a 6 gallons (23L) stockpot with 4 to 5 gallons (15 to 19L) of water. Add 12 tablespoons of salt per 1 gallon (3.8L) of water. Add 1 sprig of thyme, 2 bay leaves, and the juice of 1 lemon into the water. Bring the water to a full rolling boil. Hold the lobsters by the tail with your tongs and put them in the water. Boil 8 minutes for each 1 pound (0.45kg) of lobster. Check whether the lobsters are cooked after the allotted cooking time.

One of the immediate ways to kill bed bugs is to steam them out. They cannot survive the steam, so any that you can see, you can steam. Use a handheld steamer to blow steam at the bugs. However, be warned. This solution will only kill the ones you can see, not ones buried down in crevices. Bed bugs like to hide. Strip your bed of its bedding, and store it in a double trash bag. Vacuum your mattress and box springs as best you can, including underneath both. Dealing with your mattress first is the most immediate thing you can do. Since bed bugs bite at night, you need to clear your sleeping area of bed bugs if possible by vacuuming and encasing the mattress, then isolate the bed from more bed bugs. The encasement should be one that is meant to keep out bed bugs. It should also be strong enough to not rip. Cover both your mattress and box springs with individual encasements. Bed bugs cannot move in and out of these casings, stopping the ones inside from biting you. The ones inside will eventually die, and the ones outside will have lost a place to hide. You should keep it on for a year. If your cover becomes torn, throw it out, and replace it. Bed bugs can move through small openings. Wash your bedding in very hot water, rinse it in hot water, as well. Then dry it on a hot setting. The hot water should kill any bed bugs in the bedding. Be sure to discard the bags the bedding was in outside, so the bed bugs aren't in your house. Set the bags in the sun on a hot afternoon. The heat should kill any bed bugs inside. If your room is cluttered, make sure you clean up. Clutter provides places for bed bugs to hide, so by removing the items, you reduce their chances of surviving. You can suck up a good number of bed bugs just by vacuuming thoroughly. Make sure to take the vacuum bag or contents outside once you are done vacuuming. Interceptors go under the feet of your bed. They're designed to keep bed bugs from crawling up into your bed. Commercial ones create a little moat that traps bed bugs before they can reach the bed post. If your bed touches the wall or furniture, bed bugs can still crawl in.
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One-sentence summary -- Try a steamer. Vacuum your mattress. Pick an encasement for your mattress. Cover your mattress and box springs. Throw out the cover if it rips. Wash your bedding. Place clothes in black trash bags. Clean up. Vacuum your room. Use bed bug interceptors. Move your bed away from the wall and furniture.

For this experiment, the globe will represent a round earth, and the map will represent a flat earth. The lamp in the middle will be the sun. This experiment works best when it's dark out or all the windows in the room are covered. You want the light coming from the lamp to be the only light in the room. Look at the globe and notice how half of it is lit up and half of it is dark. Then, notice how the map is completely illuminated. The globe does, right? After all, if the earth was flat like the map, then all of the earth would be lit up by the sun at the same time. That wouldn't make sense, since we know that the whole world doesn't experience day and night at the same time. With the globe, half of it is lit up while the other half is dark. That's the same as what we observe here on earth half of the world experiences day while the other half experiences night. Therefore, it makes sense that the earth is round!
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Place a lamp in between a globe and a world map. Turn off all the lights in the room except for the lamp. Observe how the light shines on the globe and the map differently. Ask yourself whether the round globe or flat map seems more realistic.