Maine Lobster At It's Best!
Prepared And Served The Mainiax Way!

When vacationing in Maine your expecting the best tasting Maine lobster available anywhere on the planet. Lobsters are delivered to us daily, fresh off the local lobster boats.

There are numerous ways to prepare and enjoy lobster check out the Mainiax Lobster Pound to view our selection of delicious lobster dishes. If you've never had the pleasure of having a Mainiax lobster the first thing you will notice is the sweet salty taste of the meat.

You may wonder why Mainiax lobsters taste so much better than other places. The answer lies in our preferred method of cooking which is in a convection steamer.

Once you've had a steamed Maine lobster you'll be spoiled for life. Steaming lobsters keeps all the natural juices inside the lobster, they retain their delicious sweet and salty flavor that the Maine lobster is famous around the world for.

Lobsters that are boiled are often cooked in water that has not been generously salted enough. The lobsters weep out all the natural juices during the boiling process, those juices are replaced with what is basically fresh water, diluting the flavor.

Live Maine Lobsters shipped to your door make a great gift anytime of year. Lobsters that are shipped get packed in a cooler with gel ice and sent out overnight. Many people are skeptical about shipping live lobsters often worrying the lobsters may perish.

Don't buy from a dealer that does not guarantee the lobsters to arrive alive. Live lobsters being shipped off to warmer climates need extra care when packing including extra gel ice and seaweed to keep them cool and moist. Always ask about the packing procedure when shipping to somewhere warm. Even if the lobsters are guaranteed it can be annoying if the lobsters arrive dead.

If you have received a gift of live lobsters and open the box to find you may be having a funeral instead of a feast, don't panic. First thing is to snap a picture of the opened box. The shipper may have mishandled the box which is obvious if the lobsters are lying on their back or they look like they were violently shaken. It's always good to provide a visual when communicating with the dealer.

A frequent misconception is that the lobsters should be kicking and moving around aggressively. If you pick up a lobster and it feels limp and the tail is drooping look closely at the face of the lobster.

The small feelers on the mouth are the last body part to stop moving before the lobster dies. If the feelers are moving at all regardless of how weakly, the lobster is ok to cook and eat.

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