Honestly not much time has gone by since we arrived in the Bahamas, less than a week actually but I’ve been pestering the guys to get me some local fish or lobsters pretty much constantly. Today Paul was invited to go “lobstering” with one of the semi-permanent cruisers. Their boat is Jazz, a 28 ft sailboat that came with a couple of kids (practically they are only 23 years old) all the way from France. Jeremy invited Paul and in the end, when he couldn’t get Jeremy’s boat going Boyd, Paul and Jeremy all went lobstering in our dinghy. They were gone several hours but came back with a cooler full of beautiful lobster.

Never having had Bahamian lobster before I was surprised when they cleaned them raw at the dock. In Maine we leave the lobsters whole until they are cooked and then clean them prior to eating them. Not one to look a free lobster in the face I decided to cook it the best I could and parboiled the tails first (as I don’t have a steamer on board) and then cutting them nearly in half down the middle stuffed butter into the slots and broiled them for a few minutes. I used the two cooking methods because I didn’t want to loose all the flavor of the lobster to the boiling water and I didn’t want to broil all the moisture out to the tails before we got to eat them.

It turned out to be an excellent choice. We had moist, sweet, buttery lobster for dinner at next to no cost. What a yummy treat!

Since we have arrived in the Bahamas I have yet to purchase any food (due to the prices and availability) so being able to eat something we catch is practical for both an economic and logistical reasons. Did I mention it’s also been yummy?! Anything we can catch and eat is one less thing that has to come out of the larder and that means we can stay just a little longer on the food stocks that I brought from Florida.

Are you buying what I’m selling? I love lobster and nearly any fresh seafood, heck the conch was great! I’d be happy to have it 3-4 times a week to cook with and to eat. Its very practical but it’s such a treat as well. I really can’t wait to talk someone into fishing, but for now I’ll be very happy with lobster and conch and anything else I can get my hands/teeth on.

Thanks to Paul, Boyd and Jeremy I’m certain we will be having lobster dinner again soon. I will be looking for a Hawaiian spear as soon as we find an island with stores again. Jeremy had some extras so we were able to borrow his to catch these lobsters but we will need our own once we leave Manjack. Believe me when I say that it’s at the top of my list of things to get!