The Aroma of Memory Lane
As I opened the door to step inside my house after a long day at the office, I got a big whif of an old memory. “I Know that smell and I know it very well”. My eyes went straight to the pot on the stove. “oh yes, we must be having lobster tonight!” I can catch a lobster, I can cook a lobster and I can eat a lobster. I must have been amuned to this smell working in a seafood restaurant, cooking about 500 lobsters a day. Why is it, the smell seems different when you cook it in the house? “It must be that old bay seasoning”. My only thought was I hope we have bleach so we can clean the pans right away. I really don’t want seagulls flying around the house.
Raised by the Boats
If you ask me where I grew up, I usually respond right on the water. My family are all lobstermen and fishermen. It’s in our blood. Yes, we caught our own meals. We could sell what we caught too. Life on the boats as a kid was fun. We had cookouts on the boats, we could jump off the boats to swim. We even would latch boats next to each other and hop from boat to boat out in the middle of the ocean. The Blessing of the Fleet was always a blast too. A lot of our family memories were made on the boats. I say boats, because their was more than one boat in the family.
Where it all came from
Gramps moved down from the city to start his own off shore lobstering business. Infact, the yard was larger than the actual house they slept in. Needed a spot to build and keep your own lobster pots. He fed all of his children and grandchildren this way. He also passed down his legacy to his two sons who are also successful lobstermen, running their own boats and businesses just like he did. So, when I say I know the lobster smell all to well, believe me. Picture a little girl hugging her grandfather after his long day out at sea and when she curled into his body, the smell from his sweatshirt was that of a LOBSTERMAN 🦞.
Here’s to summertime seafood cooking
Do you enjoy lobsters? Do you like going out on boats? Summer months are shorter and shorter these days. Enjoy the seabreeze as much as you can.