How should people eat Lobster - do people eat the claws and head as well?

i bought a cooked frozen lobster from the store. It is in the pack and has its claws etc attached. Also I think it has a head %26amp; tail - it is a complete lobster but it has already been cooked as it is red.





How does one go about eating it? will i have to take out the guts - like with a fish? Are the claws eatable and the head as well? Also does it have a shell - how do i get it off easily?





What is the best thing to serve it with (apart from Tartar sauce :) )?How should people eat Lobster - do people eat the claws and head as well?
Other than Tartar sauce you can use.... a mixture of mayo, tabasco sauce and a little regular tomato ketchup...





Most people start by breaking off the legs. Holding the lobster by the back, gently pull off the legs with a twisting motion.





Don't throw these away: there are plenty of delicious morsels inside!

















Next, take off the claws, which are also called chelipeds.











Tear them off at the first joint, again with a gentle twisting motion, and note that the crusher claw usually is bigger than the tearing claw.





























Gently remove the loose part of the claw. Again, check for especially tasty morsels in small parts!

















Using a nutcracker, break off the tip of the large section of claw, revealing the meat.























With your forefinger, push the meat from the tip of the claw out the larger open end.














Notice the mouth parts, antennae, antennules, and rostrum or beak, all of which are inedible.

















Grasp the tail portion with one hand, and the back with the other hand.





Twist to separate the two sections.














After that, turn to end of the tail which has small flippers, or telsons, at the base.





These provide tasty if miniscule chunks of meat to those who don't mind a little extra work.

















Arguably, the best part of the lobster (the debate rages between tail lovers and claw lovers) is the tail meat.





Then insert your fingers into the telson end to push the tail meat out intact through the larger opening.

















Peel off the top of the tail to reveal the digestive tract, which should be removed before eating the rest of the tail meat.














Intrepid diners who explore further find small chunks of meat inside the carapace, the hard shell or body of the lobster.























They may also encounter the gills, the circulation system, and green ';tomalley';(the digestive gland) and in a female lobster, red ';coral'; or ';roe'; (the unfertilized eggs). Hard-core lobster lovers eat the latter two.How should people eat Lobster - do people eat the claws and head as well?
Cut down the middle with a good sharp knife. Crack the claws (gently) and take out the meat. Melt some butter and put in a wee dish and dip dauds of lobster into it before eating. Very messy, but very tasty. I like to melt a couple of tinned anchovies into the butter, and stir them until part of the sauce, squeeze of lemon, and good crusty bread to soak up the left-overs.Sorry, starting to drool. Enjoy .P.S. I suck the tasty stuff from the head after taking the tail meat out but, it's not compulsory. Not everyone is as fond of crustaceans.
Lobster is a crustacean; which means in has a shell.


The tastiest meat is in the claws; the tail is the biggest part.


There is nothing edible in the head, twist off %26amp; discard.


You may need a sharp knife to split the tail in half.


Use nut crackers to crack the legs %26amp; claws.
You need a set of eating irons to get the meat out of the claws.