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[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

Lobster ice cream
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[concrete.livejournal.com]

go for it!

(although I wonder how you could recreate the texture)

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

Texture?

[concrete.livejournal.com]

> Texture?

I think lobster has a peculiar texture, I hope he can come up with a way to incorporate it, with chunks maybe?

[anniemal.livejournal.com]

Lobster has a mouth feel like parboiled buttered erasers. Tastes lovely, but gives me gags.

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

a frozen savoury custard made with lobster jus?That would be easy

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

This was from Television Without Pity's review of the latest "Top Chef" episode in which lobster with vanilla creme seems to be the latest craze in Florida. The site made a reference to lobster ice cream made in Maine.

[nacht_musik]

Ben and Bill's Chocolate Emporium in Bar Harbor, Maine, makes it. I've tried it; it was interesting, if kind of odd.

B&BCE also makes really excellent chocolates, and truffles the size of a squash ball, though I strongly recommend against buying anything there during Maine's off-season -- the time I did this, pretty much everything I got was grainy, and flavorless. (I assume they just don't sell enough during the winter to keep their stock fresh.)

[cutieperson]

the person who made the lobster and vanilla dish on Top Chef got sent home...

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

Two people made a lobster/vanilla dish--one in the Quickfire, and Sandee (who was eliminated). Doesn't change the fact that the dish is popping up in restaurants.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

and she got sent home because it 'wasn't barbeque', not because it wasn't good; they did say that it was tasty, just completely not the challenge she'd been asked to compete in.

[cutieperson]

uh, no. they said the date completely overpowered the lobster and that all they could taste was butter and vanilla with a hint of lobster.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

primary source, Padma'a blog (http://www.bravotv.com/blog/padmalakshmi/2007/06/summer_soups_and_barbecues.php?page=4):

The chefs did a fantastic job overall and I can’t say I disliked any of the dishes but the most disappointing performance was Sandee since she did not actually grill anything and sadly this cost her the competition. I was sorry to see Sandee go, she seemed to have a lot of heart and great enthusiasm and I believe had she had a little more experience as a chef and listened to the requirements of the challenge more, she wouldn’t have risked serving something that wasn’t actually grilled or barbecued.

Secondary sourcefrom film.com (http://www.film.com/tv/story/chillinandgrillinsandeegoesupinflamesontopchef/13982602/15220595):

I kind of hoped that they would both be booted but it was Sandee who came up short. Her decision to poach the lobster and then just heat it on the grill did not impress the judges who were looking for a real barbecue dish.

I'm honestly not misremembering this.

(so once from a judge, knowing they don't air all the reasons, and once from just a viewer. it was the poaching/reheating instead of bbq that lost that for her, not the food)

[cutieperson]

yes, i know that is what lost it for her. but on the show itself, which i've watched several times, including today, they criticized the food itself as well.

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

Getting off topic. The purpose of the "Top Chef" reference was because the commentary mentioned lobster ice cream which would be one step up from the dish in question.

[anniemal.livejournal.com]

Yes!

[candle-light.livejournal.com]

I've had it. There's a place on Martha's Vineyard that makes it. It was pretty much just chunks of lobster in plain white (mild vanilla?) ice-cream. I wasn't impressed with either the flavor combination, and I like both lobster and ice-cream.

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

Did they use real lobster meat, or was it like imitation crab?

[candle-light.livejournal.com]

It was real lobster meat.

[dmk.livejournal.com]

Sounds delicious! Kinda like Lobster Bisque, no?

[dcseain.livejournal.com]

Yeah, lobster bisque base sounds like it would work well.

[infinitehotel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, been done, though, as always, the devil is in the details. The hip combo from a few years back was lobster with vanilla. You might be able to do something with that. Alternatively, doing a kind of butter/lemon/lobster combo might be quite tasty.

[anniemal.livejournal.com]

Ooh!

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

Id go with a lobster bisque base with some exotic spices like a little saffron and cumin naybe toss in a few drops of lemon extract or some lemon zest. Make a nice smooth puree and then freeze it. Could work nicely.

[mind you this is coming from the girl who plans to make ceviche sorbet this year]

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

So noted.

[anniemal.livejournal.com]

I'm salivating.

[gosling.livejournal.com]

Ick.

I like ice-cream a great deal and like lobster just fine. The combination makes me shudder. (I don't like lobster in cream sauce, however, and I suspect that people who do may well find it tasty.)

[donnad.livejournal.com]

Ew!

Just make sure it is labeled well and anything used to make it is thoroughly cleaned with soap and hot water. I know of several people with shellfish allergies who would be very unhappy with cross contamination.

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

I didn't say I was going to MAKE it.

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

Definitely NOT kosher.

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

It. Would. Kill. Me.

Please label it clearly.

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

All yours :)

[istemi.livejournal.com]

Seems like a waste of good lobster. But I'm a purist, and don't let anything but butter and lemon touch mine.

Now I've got a lobster craving, thank-you-very-much.

[sunspiral.livejournal.com]

The Japanese did it years ago, but it sounds like a good flavor and I'd have to try it. Go for it!

[anniemal.livejournal.com]

The Japanese did everything years ago.