New England Lobster Roll Bread

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New england lobster roll bread.

Food and travel writer mike urban author of lobster shacks. Tasty chunks of lobster meat drizzled with butter or tossed with mayo and served up on a crisp buttery new england hot dog bun are all the rage these days. That is a great looking and sounding lobster roll. We went to me in 2011 and i couldn t wait to try a famous lobster roll which we did at the portland lobster co.

This is the type of roll you get in maine and connecticut when you order a lobster roll from a shack or a lobster pound. They are also great steamed for hot dogs and great on the grill toasted for. I found pepperidge farm top loading new england style hog dog rolls at our local food lion recently for those in the southeast area that food lion serves. Because lobster rolls contain relatively high amounts of calories and fat it s best to reserve them as an occasional indulgence only.

Don t skimp on the lobster. Lobster roll sandwiches common along the new england coast consist of lobster meat and mayonnaise filling served on a hotdog like bun. A butter coating crisps the bun and gives the sandwich a rich flavor. I have never seen them down here before and was very glad to get them.

Perhaps the king of all sandwiches. Sitting at a picnic table in the gravel parking lot of a seafood shack stuffing a lobster roll in your face is a summer ritual in new england. 1 1 2 cups cooked lobster cut into 1 1 2 pieces meat from 2 1 25 pound fresh new england lobsters cooked in salted water for 7 8 minutes 1 1 2 cups cooked lobster cut into 1 1 2 pieces meat from 2 1 25 pound fresh new england lobsters cooked in salted water for 7 8 minutes 2 tablespoons good quality mayonnaise homemade or store bought 2 tablespoons good quality mayonnaise. Maine new hampshire and massachusetts restaurants and clam shacks all up and down the coast use these delicious rolls with high sides that you can butter and grill for the best roll ever.

These tasty new england style rolls are perfect for making lobster clam and scallop rolls and are sold only in new england. Behold the lobster roll. And while what you mix with the lobster for the filling is the subject of debate one thing is not. Whoever came up with the idea of shoving freshly cooked lobster into a hot buttered roll was onto a very good thing.

The lobster roll has become the new england summertime sandwich of choice.