I'm devastated!

8 years ago

A couple of weeks before Christmas, I made the trek to a lobster pound to pick up my frozen knuckle and claw meat for my Christmas Eve lobster stew. This is a Canadian company that has their US distribution center in my town since it's also a huge UPS hub. The lobster meat is fabulous and so easy - no steaming 8-10 lobsters, just buy the meat. It was on sale for $12.99 for 4 oz - bought 6 packages - it's usually about $40 a pack. They said it was a "Christmas Special".

I got to thinking about buying more as everyone ate just about every single bit of the stew - very little left over for me - thought it would be nice to have some in the freezer. So this morning, I called them to see if there was any left. Nope - all sold out. Then the kicker: they are permanently closing their US center on 1 January! No more lobster pound! No more wonderful, fresh, Canadian lobster at great prices! No more frozen knuckle and claw meat for my lobster stew!

They have a web site but it looks as if the frozen knuckle and claw meat only ships to Canada, not the US. I will spend the next year researching this as that's the way to go.

I have very old, close friends from my St Louis days who have a summer home in Nova Scotia. I discovered they live right down the road from the owners of this lobster business! May have to see if they can bring some frozen lobster meat, packed in dry ice, when they drive home next fall - they always stop and spend the night with me on the way.

Geeze, I hate change....

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lucillle

8 years ago

I think you and 20 friends should charter a bus, get plenty of dry ice lined up, pack lunch boxes with wine and cheese and have a road trip across the border :)

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User
8 years ago
How awful...
Jim Scott
8 years ago
I hate change too. Lobster bisque is our Christmas Eve dinner -- but I buy frozen tails. Lobster is scarce on the prairie!
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I just hate when things like that happen -- losing a reliable local source for anything. We just learned our favorite (by far) sandwich shop is closing. Also, I bought a special mattress from a local manufacturer because they would make adjustments to it as long as you own it. Of course, they went out of business, so next time I will just buy from an ordinary store. So darn mad that I paid extra for local service. Anyway, I love lobster and would be upset, too. Are there any restrictions on bringing lobster from Canada to the US?
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8 years ago
Lobster is even scarcer in the mountains....lol Only frozen here too. Fresh would be sooooooooooooooo much better!
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8 years ago
I am allergic but I like the way Lucille thinks.
marcopolo5
8 years ago
Costco has great frozen lobster tails from Canada. Usually near holidays. They are about 12 oz per tail. $19.99 per pound. My father was a comercial lobsterman, i am very picky about frozen lobster. Buy them whenever Costco has them, never disappointed. The cold water tails are the best. I never buy lobster in warm months on Long Island, meat has different texture.
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8 years ago
Lucille, that would be one heck of a bus ride from KY to Nova Scotia! It's not easy getting there - my Godson was married there a few years ago, and I didn't go. Flying, was not easy and involved a car rental and long drive still as well. It's 1600 miles each way!
lucillle
8 years ago
Pack a lot of wine and cheese :)
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8 years ago
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That would be so disappointing! I'm always envious when Ina Garten visits her fish monger to buy a pound of lobster meat. We can buy live lobster, but cooking and cleaning is more than I want to do for a recipe. Would love to make a bisque some day. Need to check out the tails at Costco.
Chi
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Well, I'm glad lobster was the "devastation" this holiday season! I feared much worse when I read the title. Hope you can find a work around.
OutsidePlaying
8 years ago
That is so disappointing when these things happen. When our favorite meat market and seafood shop closed, it was awful. No one around here had a place to buy fresh Gulf seafood for the longest time. It’s still iffy unless you know someone who actually goes down to get it a few times a week. Wink, wink.

Lucille, I like the way you think too. I’d be in on that plan if I could make it work.

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