How to Crack and Eat a Hard Shell Lobster with Lobster Fisherman Jeff Peterson

Jeff shows you how to crack a Hard Shell Lobster . He is a master at cracking a lobster and even describes the way to identify a male lobster from a female lobster. He also has a video on cracking the Soft Shell Lobster and at the end of that he compares the amount of lobster meat taken out of the Hard Shell and the Soft Shell Lobsters that he just cracked.

[@paganmom2022]

The family casually in the background is the best part 😂 Great video!

[@steveseeley3358]

Good job old man. I'm an old man too, so if you're still kicking, good for you! Yours is the best video on lobster cleaning sir. I hope you're enoying retirement and the grand kids as much as I. Wishing you the best from Canada 🇨🇦.

[@PeterWTaylor]

Great demo. For those of you not having Goliath hands like this gentleman, a rolling pin and swiss army knife are very handy implements for cracking the shells and rolling the meat out of the small claws. Watch your hands, cracked lobster shell can cut like a knife so don't grab by the edges.

[@interstategar]

Best source IS a lobster fisherman to learn how to clean a lobster. Great video.

[@clarencealexander1093]

At the very end I thought for sure that you would pour a glass of that wine and enjoy your efforts. FANTASTIC VIDEO!!!

[@eeayers]

Man, if there is one thing I’m convinced of, that was far from your first lobster! Great video, learned a ton...

[@danielmckraken5160]

8 years later and this still the only guy a KZbin who got ALL the meat out of the lobster.

[@orbjacks5051]

Masterful! We were in Cape Cod last week, and I watched many videos for tips on properly and thoroughly breaking down a lobster (...for happy hour at Pearl in Wellfleet, where lobsters are $13 each), and your video is by far the best I've seen on KZbin! Thanks for sharing your expert instruction, advice, and tips!

[@ms.rubyj.4259]

JP, YOU ARE THE MAN!!! This is definitely among the top few videos I've run across in a long time. You are so calm, patient, deliberate & articulate. It's good that I just happened to run across this video, since I just finished cooking AND EATING a whole lobster. However, I just stacked the shells up for the garbage can, so I guess I'd better go back and get the rest of my money's worth. Mine was just over a pound, but I didn't dig out half of what you got! Yours looked like a 3-4 pounder, enough for the whole family. I hope you all enjoyed it. Jeff, thanks so much for sharing. CIAO!

[@maccamph6085]

How to eat a lobster tail not How to eat lobster. What a waste

[@mere.walton]

I met Jeff on the Vinalhaven Ferry today and had a great little chat! It was nice to meet you, Jeff! Thank you for the map and the stories.

[@billpierce3037]

Great video! Never enjoyed watching someone pick a lobster as much as I enjoy eating one untill this video

[@AWSmith-ny1pv]

Really love these two videos on how to crack lobsters! Jeff Peterson does a great job explaining how to get all of the meat out.

[@jacobaddington6972]

Great! Just what I was looking for. A true local getting the most out a harvest with minimal waste! Thanks

[@MadAmerican]

Jeff’s a very nice guy,I met him at my work,great video

[@emilygarber8414]

THIS. IS. AMAZING. You need to go viral.

[@user-mc8wy5bq9y]

Love how the wife walks thru in the background. Last time I had hard shell we had a sledge hammer and it didn't work well at all. Lobster's on sale today and I'm gonna give it a try!

[@caitlinhunter3603]

I LOVE this! Thank you so much for being so authentic, informative and making it look so dang fun and yummy! I just got a lobsta in the mail as a gift and wasn’t sure how to go about it with out utensils. You’re the best! 🙌🏻

[@lhaviland8602]

I have NEVER thought of using the pincher claw as a pick in all my years vacationing at the cape. Genius!

[@NiNE0s]

I just purchased a lobster at the local grocer and steamed my lobster at home on my own for the first time. Got to say it's been a great experience.

[@3DNightmare]

Jeff, YOU are the B.E.S.T..! Thank You sooo Much, GOD BLESS brother.! WelderX

[@LauraBrittpuzzleleafs]

We met Jeff while walking today and appreciate the video suggestion!!!

[@DebiJo]

My dad was able to disassemble a huge Maine lobster and put it back together. He mounted it onto a board so I could take it to Show & Tell in 3rd grade. It was a HIT, esp with the boys, which made me quite happy! 😊

[@ngatiramona]

Sir, you are absolutely wonderful!! ❤❤❤ Thank you so very much for sharing your skill and expertise. I am saving this to favorites for future use. 👏👏👏Much respect and seafod appreciation.

[@avgjoe-cz7cb]

I've enjoyed this Jeff, I've had my share of lobsta being from central Maine, But I like soft shell any day. But you taught us all well. Good job. Sometimes you think you know, but you don't...

[@najamalakhani6468]

You Sir are a legendary meat extractor of a lobster !!

[@teehaze934]

Dude, your not alone. look behind you.

[@Jupe367]

LOL, I did not notice the ladies until I read your comment.

[@cottagegymfun]

@@Jupe367 Yep the dinner party

[@ms.rubyj.4259]

Yee, he knows he's not alone. Who do think he beckoned to bring the wine bottle? She's just camera-shy, I guess.

[@ms.rubyj.4259]

SORRY! I meant - TEE - NOT YEE! (TYPO)

[@thenight6990]

yup and they all feel like in Hollywood movies lol

[@lor2253]

Wow I lived in ct forever and never knew how to get meat out of the body. I always threw it out. Thanks for the help

[@dublxxxx4407]

Well done, the best demonstration, cheers from the UK

[@dachanjin]

Very impressive! Thanks for sharing.

[@Go-Dawgs]

Thank you Sir!! So Helpful

[@DinnerMintsOG]

I love how real this is 💖

[@hiphopjewels]

Respect! I know you said you’d do this bare handed, and you would have, if not for that hard shelled one. You could have done the soft shell first, but I can tell you like a challenge. If you had, you would have done it all bare handed, no doubt. That was the most thorough video yet how to do this, and you made less mess than anyone else too. Especially how you efficiently dealt with that body. Great work, and you didn’t waste any at all. Props!

[@ms.rubyj.4259]

i AGREE! It was an exceptional video tutorial.

[@shannynzell3296]

Thanks, Jeff!

[@TheFlatEarthChannelcom]

I love how to show how to take out the entire lobster to get all the meat. Love the liver part

[@razvangavosdean9716]

When I'm done with it, it looks like a grenade went off inside it. Love the liver part, the fat, I eat everything is eatable inside it.

[@RightToSelfDefense]

Thanks. I never knew how to completely process a lobster to eat it.

[@lawrencecertain1424]

Perfect pick. Finally!!

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

Seldom does nature give us an animal with so much edible meat in it. Lobsters are amazing! They're cool animals in their own right. Also, hello ladies in the background! Hope you get to eat some lobster too!

[@Dadee3]

Great stuff!!!!

[@Nathan888ism]

Awsome video!! Thank you very much!

[@SallyWood-mg1yn]

OMG, Im dyin watching you open them..they are huge...my favorite food of all time....they are so expensive in stores, i havent had one in awhile......we used to have them every Christmas too.....with a huge salad and other sides.....after all they are Red just as Santas suit.......enjoy....im so jealous!

[@nickdyson8155]

Had no idea there was good meat in the torso. Thank you!

[@lynnmerritt8873]

I liked your video very much. You gave some very good details. Just wish you knew how others behind you were posing themselves. Especially the one with her hand most of the time on her jaw. I was smh. She made me think she hoping you don’t say anything crooked. (ask me, she may be a very jealous gal) cause she sure did not act like a “lady” or a “woman”. I felt so bad for you. I’m being distracted by others in the background. All in all, great video, I loved it. Thank you. I learned a couple new ways to get all the meat I can get out of a full Lobster. You go J!

[@charlieduvall6463]

My problem is doing it without eating it. Thanks for sharing your technique and knowledge. Alohas from Hawaii! We only get spiny lobsters.

[@davegilmour1895]

Excellent, thanks!

[@kirstenrae4662]

Hahaha, the guy snoring in the back!

[@michelleleighty9302]

I think everyone should have been sitting in front of you so they could watch too , very interesting also a rolling pin works wonderful on the small legs for squeezing meat out .

[@ms.rubyj.4259]

Yeh, Michelle, I saw the rolling pin trick on someone else's video, but it didn't work at all for me. Maybe I didn't use enough strength or weight on the rolling pin. I GAVE UP!

[@kurtsimon7530]

Nice video thanks

[@rialee9789]

Looks so delicious 😋

[@argonwheatbelly637]

The extra meat, which I also go after, on the shedders is less (~1/4), but this is 1/3 or more of the total meat. It's worth the time and effort to get every bit.

[@CameronE2023]

I didn't know there were other people there until one of them moved. Lol.

[@JoshWeinstein1]

This is mesmerizing

[@marshahill1458]

Great job! I’m hungry now!

[@CSILLAMFASZLAMA1986]

Very helpful thanks

[@tomjones6412]

The people in the background look like they're having the time of their lives...lol.

[@julijakeit]

they are like cats waiting for that lobster meat.

[@gjpp3239]

Love the accent ! All actors who try watch this!!!!

[@philpotoctavia]

Thank you

[@bvabky]

Great vid sir .......way to go after the body and tamale people always ways the hidden treasure

[@tyrelllovitt4234]

Nice Video

[@GreyIsMyName]

i like the natural picker!

[@eric123abacus]

I recently had some delicious Maine lobster but was confused about the little carrot-stick looking parts. Clearly not tamale or roe and there were two of them with the same color, texture and size as slices of carrot. What were they??

[@hohnercorso]

Jeff : You are doing what I always wanted to see on KZbin with regard to getting the whole substance from a lobster. I live in Newfoundland Canada and I eat a lot of lobster during the season for lobster harvest. I hate the idea of everyone in the ignorant world thinking that one needs to saturate lobster in BUTTER to eat it. I never use butter on my lobster. NEVER !! It destroys the taste !! I am eating lobster , not butter !! Perhaps you as the author of this video might have tried lobster with a total saturation with butter !! ) I wonder who started that dictation to those who like lobster ! ) It is bullshit ! Newfoundland Canada is the real home of Lobster...period. !!! The USA can only go as for north as Maine to argue about good tasting lobsters within the confines of the definition of USA . Everyone knows that the colder the waters in which the lobsters live, the better the lobster taste ! So !!!!! Newfoundland is further North than Maine ( The USA State ) So, ( All Y'all who doubt this , simply just don't rebut , .... but rather search Newfoundland Lobster on GOOGLE and how they compare taste wise to the rest of the North Atlantic !! ) You are a man of my own heart with regard to getting all that is within the shell of a cold water North Atlantic lobster !! Thanks !

[@c.s.charles2102]

It seems like buying a live lobster to eat is cheaper than buying tails or other prepackaged meat and you get more out of it. Is that correct?

[@deankay4434]

And that is quite a bit of lobster, out of one lobster! That is the best phrase of words ever spoken at a dinner table, next to a bowl of lobster shell parts all empty. I wonder if I could use that wine bottle trick on a well done boiled chicken? You would have to press harder. The liver is a “Tomalley”. Goose liver is “Foie gras”. Ducks have very good livers as well. But on a steer, it’s called liver! But a heifer or calf is not as strong, yet stronger than pork liver. The liver from a “Yellow Fin Tuna” is extremely sought after a fresh catch at sea, your on-board captain insists on preparing the tuna for shipment home, he will fry the liver with a little butter while below deck and return once eaten.

[@romishafranks]

Finally someone got all the meat

[@michelleleighty9302]

she is not creepy she is in the shadows lol :)

[@ciaraknuppenburg6342]

As someone who has actually never eaten a full lobster does the meat get cold fast just sitting over there waiting to be eaten? Or do you eat as uou go?

[@trinashinead]

Thank youuuu🦞🎆

[@hamadalromaithi4723]

Thanks for the explanations, i feel i wanna eat one now 🤤

[@jimb9369]

JJeff, thanks. Next time, if you could show close-ups of the areas to harvest the meat, it would be better.

[@ms.rubyj.4259]

SERIOUSLY, JIM???? You couldn't see the areas he showed AND explained? Head, tail, body, legs, liver, fins, etc. - have you ever seen a lobster up close? Just wondering - I'm blind in one eye, and can hardly see out of the other one, but I had no problems following him, whatsoever. Maybe it's time for your yearly eye exam???

[@scottgreeson3568]

using the pincer claw as a pick is genius...

[@thelearnedlion5909]

I love this great video! It's very informative. The people looking on behind your back, however, are annoying. I would have recorded this alone.

[@Jupe367]

lobstahh...

[@terrijohnson6549]

Thanks for sharing. I can't roll a pen or bottle in a restaurant on my first date. Dining etiquette matters - what-to-do?

[@scrumpymanjack]

Ordering lobster on your first date??? Are you insane? The guy will hate you for getting the most expensive thing in the menu. Meanwhile, you will have the trickiest thing to eat as you try to talk, engage and impress. Lobster on a date (especially a first date) is a total no-go.

[@dallas69]

I read if you have a rolling pin you a squeeze out the meat out of the legs but I have never seen it use at a restaurant but it should be available. Also a pick like fork to pry out meat but again that is rarely available at restaurants. Nice tool a small rolling tool and pick at sea food restaurants

[@ms.rubyj.4259]

REALLY, ED?? Come on, now! Do you want a bib and some wet naps, too? How about a nut-cracker, or whatever they call that thingy used to crack lobsters, crab legs & stuff? Then again maybe they should just include a tool box with each lobster meal -- hell! They cost enough!

[@ms.rubyj.4259]

OH! Ed, that's why the video was on "How to.........WITHOUT TOOLS"!!!!

[@bluecollarstacker]

Pure willpower not to take a single bite.. I would have bit the 1st claw in half lol

[@wannie5037]

Red lobster beat me out my lobster meat. I figured they did. I find get even close to that amount of meat. I tried picking the biggest lobster out the tank also.

[@josk0707ify]

Red lobster lobby: hi how many in your party.... four witches. Umm excuse me how long is the wait? Greeter: oh the wait is 4 hours. If you give me your phone number I can wake you when he leaves.

[@livefreeordie5534]

Lobstah, lobstah, lobstah !!!🦞😁

[@queenpaula6005]

That's a whole lot of work

[@ms.rubyj.4259]

YEP! But like the other video guy said, "IT'S LIKE HEAVEN IN YOUR MOUTH" (but only if it's cooked right). If feel the same way about crab legs. I don't puck with 'em -- unless it's KING CRAB LEGS.

[@yarnelld01]

I was in Maine eating lobster for the first time a couple months ago. I wish I had seen this video before that. I wasted a lot of good lobster meat.

[@ms.rubyj.4259]

.....and a lot of money - no doubt.

[@henrynoel4223]

It's easy when you have hands like catchers' mitts!

[@frankkolton1780]

Yeah, those are some real lunch hooks.

[@ctbt1832]

How come people don’t put Old Bay seasoning on lobsters like they do crabs? I bet it would taste good.

[@sandieo2739]

Good job Jeff. Yummy.

[@shit_pant]

Great video, but next time if you could have the people in the background to keep it down a little

[@imdragonslayer]

Fantastic. No special tools needed.

[@paper____]

Very good video. THANKS , Your buddy looks #$@&

[@ms.rubyj.4259]

WHAT BUDDY, EILEEN??? I don't see nobody OR no buddy!

[@kookie4nookie]

Dude has some big hands. Poor lobster didn’t stand a chance lol

[@nancysherburne7445]

It may seem a lot of hassle to get the meat out of little pockets but I have done that for over 60 years. I just wish I could remember how I learned about it.

[@argonwheatbelly637]

It can be up to 1/3 of the total meat...would you casually toss away $10? No. I have always gone for all the meat, and never understood people paying for "Lazy Man Lobster", which is essentially the tail, the claws (sometimes), and that's it.

[@sandiekelley8513]

I only have two thing to say. You are missing a good bit of meat in the body and sholders. Also a pair or plyers would be safer to crack the claw than that knife.

[@BigLob2]

I agree w you about the knife. Way dangerous, not to mention dulling the blade. Better to flip knife over & use the backside. “Missing a good bit of meat on the body & shoulders” No. This proud Maine lobsterman got EVERY last morsel.

[@MrDelgrigorov]

What's with those people in the background?

[@Kate98755]

Did you clean the wine bottle, probably not, straight from the store, blech. Heard of a rolling pin?

[@laotzu3995]

I'm hungry now

[@asnred-neck7625]

I just seen them.... 😂

[@Quintessenceofdust7]

Broo i cant take the people looking in the back

[@tylerhorn3712]

Word of advice, don't use your teeth to mimic the rolling pin method on the small legs.

[@gatamadriz]

If you have strong hands...

[@danw8985]

Those critters put red lobster to shame.

[@ms.rubyj.4259]

Yeh, he's got some bigguns'!

[@salvadormazal2105]

Bostonite?

[@debrajohnson5453]

No ...He's a Maniac

[@debrajohnson5453]

You know from MAINE

[@HouseJawn]

You can def tell this guy is from Maine. Thorough AF 💤

[@argonwheatbelly637]

I thought the Mainer accent gave it away. ;-)

[@cbockiii2514]

It drives me crazy how people set the meat aside to get cold. Eat it while it's hot!

[@ms.rubyj.4259]

IT'S A DEMO - FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!! He's multi-tasking -- preparing the protein for his meal, while showing us his best method for stripping all the meat from a hard-shelled lobster. I'll just bet that lady in the background got the potatoes, corn and other fixins ready. That's why she's pacing the floor - wondering how long before we eat????

[@Rxmors]

That women in the background is creepy

[@stephaniemurria5534]

Mr BigBoss it took awhile... Then I noticed the people in the background... Creepy.. I stopped watching....

[@nancysherburne7445]

I hadn't noticed her until I read your comment.

[@skylekmoss622]

Yes. Some women are just creepy when they see there man enjoying something other than them lol