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Nov 18th, 2017 at 5:06pm
 
Chinky Chong client is in town, we're having a lobster party!
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Reply #1 - Nov 18th, 2017 at 9:45pm
 
My first ever Lobster (or Crayfish?) was at a Laotian Wedding back in 2010.
While I was eating it, one by one - the guests at my table were getting up an leaving, some looked 'disgusted'.
It wasn't until I got to the head and found that it was too hard to 'crunch' through - that I realised that eating a Lobster 'shell n all' is not the way to do it.

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Reply #2 - Nov 18th, 2017 at 10:28pm
 



Australians say crayfish!!!!!
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Reply #3 - Nov 18th, 2017 at 10:36pm
 
miketrees wrote on Nov 18th, 2017 at 10:28pm:
Australians say crayfish!!!!!


Funnily enough,  the menu called them crayfish in the western grill section and lobster in the Asian section.

I ordered the crayfish.  Yummo
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Reply #4 - Nov 18th, 2017 at 10:39pm
 


We have always called them Crays,,, then some wanking marketing person thought we should call them Rock Lobsters,,,, pretty much every normal Aussie still calls them Crays.
Just some snooty yuppies may call them rock lobsters,,, wankers!
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Reply #5 - Nov 18th, 2017 at 10:41pm
 
miketrees wrote on Nov 18th, 2017 at 10:39pm:
We have always called them Crays,,, then some wanking marketing person thought we should call them Rock Lobsters,,,, pretty much every normal Aussie still calls them Crays.
Just some snooty yuppies may call them rock lobsters,,, wankers!


I thought it was east coast calls them lobster and west calls them crays
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Reply #6 - Nov 18th, 2017 at 10:42pm
 


Abrolhos Islands, during the off season
Just dive down grab some crays, split the tail with a sharp knife, bit of lemon juice then under the grill.

It does not get much better than that.


A Rock Lobster would never ever taste as good Smiley
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Reply #7 - Nov 18th, 2017 at 10:43pm
 
I thought it was east coast calls them lobster and west calls them crays


See the bit where I said "wankers"
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Reply #8 - Nov 18th, 2017 at 10:45pm
 


They wanted our product called rock lobster for the US market, a Cray there is an inferior product.

No need for such verbal masterbation in Australia however
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Reply #9 - Nov 19th, 2017 at 12:36am
 
I think Orrstraylians call them both- crays and lobsters or at least I have- they are a bit over rated but they are very nice I agree-
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Reply #10 - Nov 19th, 2017 at 10:50am
 
Mostly its been Crayfish and they do so in New Zealand as well.
In fact, the only people who call it Lobster are Americans.
Crayfish is like the Metric system - 95% of the world uses it.
Lobster is like the Imperial system - only nations who create Recessions and Depressions, use it.
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Reply #11 - Nov 22nd, 2017 at 1:41pm
 
I use the word Lobster and thought only West Australians used the term Crayfish.

I LOVE Lobster and unless I had it every night for a whole year would not tire of it.

American Lobsters  ...

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Even better.  Alaskan King Crab   ...

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What we have on offer here and the excessive price we have to pay for it is criminal.  We probably export the best to Asia.
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Reply #12 - Nov 22nd, 2017 at 1:56pm
 
I don't remember ever eating lobster. I've had crab dipped in vinegar (or whatever, but that was around 1952 or so).
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Reply #13 - Nov 22nd, 2017 at 2:11pm
 
Lord Herbert wrote on Nov 22nd, 2017 at 1:56pm:
I don't remember ever eating lobster. I've had crab dipped in vinegar (or whatever, but that was around 1952 or so).


Herbert dipping anything in vinegar is blasphemy and an absolute insult to your taste buds!
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Reply #14 - Nov 22nd, 2017 at 3:09pm
 
95% of the world would call that picture a 'Crayfish' Black Orchid.
Of course, if Australia is selling its best Crays overseas - like, to the USA, they call them Lobsters.

East Coast Australia - always heard them called Crayfish.
Only the last 10 years where all these snooty restaurants and Cooking programs appearing - referring to them as Lobster. But hey, we all know everyone in Australian Media wants to 'make it big' in the USA.  Grin Total sell-outs.

Diving two weeks ago. I had an enormous Cray come out to greet me. Of course it was enormous, because it was in a Sanctuary Zone.  Cool
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