# (Longhorn Steakhouse Ad) Lobster Tail not avail ME, RI, NH **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longhorn-steakhouse-ad-lobster-tail-not-avail-me-ri-nh/673113 "2013-11-05T01:55:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longhorn-steakhouse-ad-lobster-tail-not-avail-me-ri-nh/673113/41 "2013-11-08T02:24:27Z")
I’ll settle for 5 of the biggest prawns instead. Tastes the same. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longhorn-steakhouse-ad-lobster-tail-not-avail-me-ri-nh/673113/42 "2013-11-08T03:16:07Z")
> [@Tethered\_Kite](#): > > She has since told me that occasionally you get a sound caused by air escaping their shells. Another place said _stomachs._ Apparently the guys in the kitchen were teasing their new help. > > I’ve found a cite on Kitchen Myths verifying this but unless you absolutely need it I’ll skip the miserable process of trying to reproduce the URL. It’s from the 03/31/2011 issue. When you steam them, there’s a faint whistling/hissing sometimes that sounds similar to air escaping from the lid of a steaming pot. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longhorn-steakhouse-ad-lobster-tail-not-avail-me-ri-nh/673113/43 "2013-11-08T03:22:01Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Lobster isn’t less expensive in those states, according to my experience and everything I’ve read on the subject. Lobster is in demand nationwide, easy to ship, and in very high demand in New England. I have never seen any statistics on the subject, so I’m willing to admit I could be wrong. You can buy lobster for less than $6/pound where you are? It was $5.99 all summer in local supermarkets here. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longhorn-steakhouse-ad-lobster-tail-not-avail-me-ri-nh/673113/44 "2013-11-08T15:33:27Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > When you steam them, there’s a faint whistling/hissing sometimes that sounds similar to air escaping from the lid of a steaming pot. OK. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longhorn-steakhouse-ad-lobster-tail-not-avail-me-ri-nh/673113/45 "2013-11-08T15:50:03Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > You can buy lobster for less than $6/pound where you are? It was $5.99 all summer in local supermarkets here. It’s been known to happen. You have seen reports of the all-time low lobster prices this year, right? As cheap as it is to ship lobsters, there’s really no good reason to sell them cheaper in New England. Lobstermen would be giving up good money to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longhorn-steakhouse-ad-lobster-tail-not-avail-me-ri-nh/673113/46 "2013-11-08T16:11:17Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > You must have done something wrong then. I’ve had that box before (actually had some tonight, coincidentally enough) and it’s nearly identical to what you get in the restaurant. I remembered where I got them - it was at a Dollar Store - maybe they were off or something and preparation error is also a possibility. 🙂 I’ll get them at a regular store next time and we’ll try them again. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longhorn-steakhouse-ad-lobster-tail-not-avail-me-ri-nh/673113/47 "2013-11-08T16:17:32Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I have. Because I’ve ordered one. > > When you order one, they walk you over to the tank and you choose one; they fish it out, let you inspect it if you wish, then take it into the kitchen. They cook it and bring it out to you whole, or they can break it down for you if you ask. They probably drop the lobster in a holding tank back there so they can replace it in the display tank after you’ve finished eating your frozen lobster and left. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longhorn-steakhouse-ad-lobster-tail-not-avail-me-ri-nh/673113.md?page=2)