Time To Chef It Up Sea Food Style !

Hey everyone manny here! Just wanted to show you guys a picture of this huge pollock me, Will Clark, and Tom Rebula cheffed up for the kids in fishing club at camp harbor view. I also want to give a big thanks to Bruce Berman because if it wasn't for him we wouldn't have this beautiful pollock to chef up. Also I would like to say that not only myself but the kids of camp harbor view got a lot of good knowledge of the pollock fish itself and the best way to both clean and prepare the fish as to just cutting it and throwing it on the grill. It takes a lot of close concentration as to where specifically we need to cut the fish. For example I explained to some of the kids that not all seafood is the safest to consume. some can actually be quite hazardous or poisonous and can put your body in danger. For example the blowfish or shellfish can hold poisons such as Ciguatera poisoning, Scombroid poisoning and various shellfish poisonings. But luckily I told them pollock stands out, and not to be worried we're trained professionals in this kinda stuff we would know which types of fish are deadly and which are not. But I can assure you that after that discussion and the pollock was ready to eat, kids certainly enjoyed it as much as the discussion haha but heres to another awesome day of fun in the sun with the Camp Harbor View family.

LOBSTER LOBSTER LOBSTER

Courageous Sailing in Charlestown has been THE place to catch lobsters. We caught the biggest one I had ever seen and after I realized it was a male I finally took the leap and decided to take him home.
I named him Freddy, placed him in a paper bag with ice and took him home with me. I was a little worried because the commute home on the T was hot and crowded but Freddy made it home safe and sound.
I placed Freddy in my fridge to relax and headed out to purchase a lobster pot, a nut cracker and itty bitty forks. I bought a 16 quart red pot for $30 at my local Homegoods and headed home. I checked on  Freddy & let him hang out in the lid while I boiled the water.

Freddy getting ready to go for a hot swim

While I was waiting for the water to boil, I gave myself a pep talk. I had never caught, cooked and cracked a lobster in the same day and I had to make sure I could do it. I had tried to place a lobster in a pot of boiling water before, but I wimped out. Before I knew it, the water was boiling and I had to say goodbye to Freddy. I made sure to plop Freddy into the water quickly to ensure he would die quickly and not to splash myself.

A quick 11 minutes later Freddy was bright red and ready to be cracked. I let Freddy cool for a few moments and then began to crack  him open.  When I was younger, my Dad had always tried to have me crack my own lobster, but I always refused. With Dad no where in sight, I was on my own. I started with breaking off the claws and slowly  but surely made it to the tail and finally the legs. I ate a few pieces with butter but saved the rest of the delicious meat for a fierce lobster salad. 

It was a day filled with new adventures and there is nothing like eating a lobster fresh out of the Harbor!!

Freddy and I  :) 

:) Ali Hurney 

Lobster Salad Recipe:

This is the lobster salad recipe I tried and it was amazing! A few ingredients and a couple minutes later I had a delicious lobster salad that lasted minutes (!!) at a family party. Enjoy :)

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/dennies-fresh-lobster-salad/