# Do you prefer steak or lobster? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 21, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100 "2018-01-21T03:15:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/61 "2018-01-21T21:34:52Z")
I eat both on the same plate so… ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/62 "2018-01-21T21:49:41Z")
Steak. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/63 "2018-01-21T22:23:48Z")
Surf and turf, baby! Lashings of Bearnaise sauce needed. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/64 "2018-01-21T23:16:33Z")
Lobster is fine, but there is nothing else like a good steak. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/65 "2018-01-21T23:28:54Z")
Crab does beat lobster. Steak also beats lobster. Crab beats steak. I don’t like lobster. I gave it an honest try, I even went out to Hulls Harbour in Nova Scotia, and picked one that they just pulled out of the ocean. They steamed it fresh, with corn on the cob and boiled potatoes. Nope. Didn’t HATE it, but I just didn’t enjoy it, especially not considering the cost. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/66 "2018-01-22T01:22:12Z")
Steak. I simply don’t like seafood. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/67 "2018-01-22T01:59:36Z")
Lobster, because they scream louder than steaks when killed. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/68 "2018-01-22T02:16:49Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I have been really disappointed with the super market steaks the last few years, I could swear they went down a full grade. I would take the lobster as I doubt I have it 1 time a year. Go to Costco. That’s one of the few reasons I keep my Costco membership. I’ve never been happy with most of the supermarkets around my house’s selection of steaks, nor the cut (too thin for what I like.) Costco is great on both regards, plus they have some Prime-graded meat available, too. I’ve never been disappointed by meat from Costco. It actually is a bit more expensive than what I can get at the supermarket, but, for steaks, it’s always better (or, I should say, more to my tastes.) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/69 "2018-01-22T02:24:45Z")
Lobster - it’s a New England thing. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/70 "2018-01-22T02:25:34Z")
> [@Jacquernagy](#): > > Steak vs. Lobster, I’d take the steak. Steak vs. Crab, though, is a harder choice. Crab beats Lobster in my book. Oh wait, I missed this comment. Crab? You wanna bring crab to the table?🆒 I’ll need a large sign advising people to keep their hand and feet clear of the eating machine.:eek: King crab legs could be the cornerstone of a religion. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/71 "2018-01-22T02:54:42Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > Crab does beat lobster. Steak also beats lobster. > > Crab beats steak. This sounds like a local version of Rock, Paper, Scissors. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/72 "2018-01-22T03:09:09Z")
Steak…I don’t eat seafood. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/73 "2018-01-22T03:21:52Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Lobster, because they scream louder than steaks when killed. And steaks can’t fight back. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/74 "2018-01-22T03:23:01Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Can’t it be both, like the late Earl Warren? I’d prefer either steak or lobster to eating the late Earl Warren. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/75 "2018-01-22T03:43:46Z")
I enjoy lobster occasionally, but I find it VERY rich. On Maine vacations I generally eat lobster once, then switch over to steamed or fried clams for the rest of the trip. I can never get enough clams. Or oysters, or crabs, for that matter. I eat less steak than I could as a young’un, and kinda prefer good ground beef, well seasoned, formed into a large patty, grilled over a hot fire or fried in a very hot pan. With onion gravy and mashed potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/76 "2018-01-22T05:21:34Z")
Another reason against lobster: They’re lousy tippers, as they’re so shellfish. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/77 "2018-01-22T13:54:14Z")
Steak. I am not eating what looks like a giant insect. I seem to recall a story about how early prisons in Maine used to regularly serve lobster to inmates because they were locally quite cheap. The inmates negotiated an agreement with the prisons to limit the amount of times that lobster would be served. I can’t imagine inmates ever demanding less steak. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/78 "2018-01-22T13:55:19Z")
Steak. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/79 "2018-01-22T15:43:38Z")
I’ll go hungry before I’d eat lobster. Or any seafood. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/80 "2018-01-22T15:54:17Z")
Steak since lobster has too little meat in a typical serving. If it were made easier _and_ the serving size were upped I’d…still have to think abouut it because I’ve only had lobster once. It didn’t taste bad but the butter was what was really nice. Steak and butter might be even tastier though! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100.md?page=5)