If you’re looking to find discount Maine lobsters, you may be searching for quite a while – unless you’re willing to travel to this state’s coast, sit on the dock, and wait patiently for a lobster boat to come in. Then, if you’re lucky, and the total catch has not been promised to a retailer, you may have a realistic chance at true discount Maine lobsters.
True, “discount Maine lobsters” did once exist, however. Long-ago native-American tribes fertilized fields and baited fishing hooks with them because they were so plentiful. Early American settlers fed the then-considered lowly lobster to children, servants, and prisoners. “Discount Maine lobsters” were plucked from the shallow waters of tidal pools, and the practice of hunting them down in boats and catching them with traps was not yet known.
But times change, as do increases in population with resultant pollution and over-fishing issues, so that now, discount Maine lobsters no longer exist except in the minds of marketers intent on cajoling the public of such.
With that in mind, here’s a sampling of what you can find on the ‘Net in the way of “discount Maine lobsters.” Gleaned from the Web sites of two Internet-prominent lobster purveyors, the prices found indicate that eating lobster can in no way be described as “discount,” but for special occasions (or even every day for the wealthy!), lobster remains a wonderful treat.
In addition to steaks and other seafood, “Dan the Lobster Man” at www.livelob.com offers fresh “discount Maine lobsters” at the following prices: $54.93 for 2, 1lb. lobsters; $64.95 for 2, 1.25 lb. lobsters; $67.95 for 2, 2 lb. lobsters.
Another site selling “discount” Maine lobsters, www.lobsters-online.com, features Monster (6 lbs.), Colossal (5 lbs.), Giant (4 lbs.), and Jumbo (3 lbs.) lobsters at $77.99, $68.99, $49.99 (currently on sale from a regular of $56.99), and $39.49, respectively. This seller also retails “normal” size lobsters weighing in at 1 ¼, 1 ½, 2, and 2 ½ pounds at respective prices of $16.69, $19.99, $28.99, and $33.99.
So there you have it – the reality of discount Maine lobsters. But as mentioned before, if you can spare the bucks, why not indulge? For such a delectable delicacy, who cares if the “discount Maine lobsters” set you back a half-day’s pay? Close your eyes to theprice tag occasionally – and enjoy!