Lobster season started in San Diego yesterday. We get spiny lobsters which donāt have claws but have lots of tail meat.
funny thing is I havenāt cooked lobster in 20 years. It was actually one of the first things I ever grilled when I bought my first house in 2001 and I distinctly remembering grilling 4 things. Bourbon sausages, baseball cut sirloin steaks, cheese burgers and lobster always paired (all 4 of my dishes were served with sweet corn and a baked potato)
I only cooked on my first propane grill. Lobster might sound weird but I lived around the corner from the fish market and they sold it $10/lb in season....this is circa 2001. Theyād clean it and give me a tail and Iād grill it and thought I was fancy....and it was cheap
I moved downtown for a bit a didnt have a grill for awhile and whenI finally got back to grilling they were selling our lobsters to China for $35/lb so we never had them. Due to COVID and restaurants being closed etc all the local fisherman have tons of lobster. Today it was $16/lb.
I cooked it in the KK at 375 basted with butter, garlic, salt, pepper and chives. Served with Yukon good mashed potatoes with sour cream, Parmesan, chives and garlic and grilled asparagus over mesquite wood with coco char
freaking amazing! My wife didn't like lobster, itās not something we really order out but she loved it tonight. Iāll be cooking it again while this lobster is in season