False Lobster
Maine Senator Olympia Snowe is lobbying to remove the pelagic crab known as "langostino lobster" from restaurant menus in Maine.
The issue came to light after a California-based restaurant chain, Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill, was sued last year by customers for using the less expensive langostino instead of lobster in its "lobster burrito."
"Rubio's decision to put cheaper and inferior langostino meat on its menus as 'lobster' is a material fraud uniformly affecting hundreds of thousands of California consumers," plaintiff lawyer Ray Gallo wrote in court documents.
Pine Cone 'Help' Hoax
A careful 'help' was spelt out in pine cones at a junction of two roads in Oregon, complete with an arrow pointing out into the woods. After a nine-person, six-hour search, it was deemed to be a hoax.
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Anyhow, what about the other types of lobster? There are other lobsters than the big-clawed Maine lobster. I'm particular to the spiny myself.
1. The two types of lobster found in the United States are the Northern lobster, which is the basic lobster found on the East Coast. The spiny lobster is found off of the coast of Florida, and is similar to the East Coast lobster except that it has no claws.
2. Langostino is a Spanish word meaning prawn but this term is commonly used in the restaurant trade to refer to the meat of the squat lobster, which is neither a true lobster nor a prawn. It is more closely related to porcelain crabs and hermit crabs.
3. Langostinos should not be confused with langoustes ( spiny lobsters ).
If you have ever tasted "real" lobsters you would have no reason to doubt this.
The pine cone hoaxist is very good at this.I can't understand how anyone could think this was a real distress signal.If they were really in distress they wouldn't have had time to do this.
Actually, being a resident of New England I can agree that New Hampshire is a good lobster fishery though the residents of Maine may argue against being lumped in with Mass and N.H.
Also, the European lobster is a 'real' lobster and it is considered by connoisseurs to have a finer texture and flavour than it's American counterpart.