No More LOBSTER?!?!

[EvilEmpryss]

One of my local Wally Worlds is getting a renovation, and in the renovation they seem to be losing their fresh fish counter. This change also means that the live lobster tank has disappeared... apparently much to the horror of a woman who stood in the middle of the produce department ranting about how she was upset that they were no longer selling lobsters.

The best part of her rant was when she loudly proclaimed that she'd never bought lobsters at WallyWorld before, but she'd wanted to buy some some day!!!

Yes, the discontinuation of a product that she never purchased, hadn't planned to purchase that day, and had no definite plans to purchase in the future was making her declare she'd never shop at that store again.

[r2cagle]

I always say that someday, I'll be buying lobster. The stores that have the live lobster say that they'll also steam it for you. Problem is, their steamer is always broken. Unfortunately, I don't ever think ahead of time to bring a cooler and some wet newspaper, so I can't ever purchase a live one.

Someday.

But if the stores decided to get rid of them, that would be my lost opportunity.

[Exaspera]

She'll be back. They always come back. :-p

[Mr Hero]

There may not be any lobsters, but I can say with absolute certainty that there's a crab in this story.

[EvilEmpryss]

Bravo! Well said, Hero!

[trunks2k]

I always say that someday, I'll be buying lobster. The stores that have the live lobster say that they'll also steam it for you. Problem is, their steamer is always broken. Unfortunately, I don't ever think ahead of time to bring a cooler and some wet newspaper, so I can't ever purchase a live one.

You shouldn't need a cooler. Unless you are spending a long time before going home, a paper bag should be enough. Bring 'em home and put them in the fridge. To be safer, ask them to put some ice in a plastic bag (I assume the fish department has ice). Then put lobster and ice bag in the paper bag.

[r2cagle]

You shouldn't need a cooler. Unless you are spending a long time before going home, a paper bag should be enough.

I would try that... unfortunately, my drive home from the grocery store is 40 minutes, 35 if traffic isn't too bad... plus right now it's really hot and takes my car half my ride home to cool all the way down. I might have partially baked lobster by the time I got home. Anyway, it's been a couple of years since I've had fresh lobster and I'm thinking I'm going to pick one weekend and just go get some. The store is selling them for $13.99/lb and I think that's a pretty decent price, might as well get my butt in gear and git r done.

[mharbourgirl]

My in-laws love lobster, and living in Nova Scotia the price seems pretty decent, as in, they eat it pretty regularly.

However, you haven't lived until you've opened the fridge and seen a large bag of bugs moving on the shelf. That gave me quite a start the first time it happened.

I still can't stand the stuff. I am NOT eating anything that looks like a giant bug, even if it WASN'T a bottom-feeder.

[Exaspera]

I still can't stand the stuff. I am NOT eating anything that looks like a giant bug, even if it WASN'T a bottom-feeder.

AMEN! Okay, I will eat the tails, but I only want to meet the tail after it has been cooked. (Insert innuendos here)

But they do look like big bugs. And I don't want to make friends with it on the way home and in the refrigerator and then have to kill it.

[Whiskey]

Why would you buy a lobster from walmart.


Better yet, when did walmart start selling live lobster.

[blas]

The Wal-Mart where I live got rid of/lost the lobster tank a few years ago.

I never intended to buy any anyway. They never had enough time to bother to get rid of the dead ones.

[Dreamstalker]

Eeeewww...I know that if a crab dies in a tank if it's not gotten rid of the rest will start dying. Not sure if it's the same with lobster, but I would assume so.

There's a market in ABQ that has lobster, crab, octopus, etc...they even had crawfish the last time i was there, but the bucket wasn't properly chilled and I could see a couple dead ones.