I got a remarkable number of "What's a lobster roll?" answers.

[randomness]

As a public service, I offer the following links:

• http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2006/08/18/the_real_new_england_lobster_roll_a_futile_but_tasty_quest/?page=full


• http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/08/04/travel/escapes/04lobster.html?ei=5087%0A&en=95dc25ba02b6e4b4&ex=1154923200&pagewanted=all


• http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2007/5/23/What-Makes-a-Perfect-Lobster-Roll


• http://nymag.com/nymetro/shopping/columns/testdrive/9283/

Oh, and then there's Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster_roll

(I just had one here in Connecticut, so I figured I'd post a poll. The dividing line seems to be Connecticut and south for butter, Massachusetts and north for mayonnaise. I'm not sure what the preference is in the Maritimes. There's a lot of overlap, and some places offer both. Heck, D'Angelo's franchises, even on the Mass Pike, serve both, although I haven't dared try one yet.)

Comments

[mmeubiquitous.livejournal.com]

Huh. Me, I have no stake in the accuracy of the term (Florida girl = me)...I just can't imagine lobster sans butter!

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Oh, I just like the butter ones better.

Mmmm...lobster. :)

[agrimony.livejournal.com]

Hm. Maybe I'll go to Denmo's in Southbury and have a lobster roll this week. :)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

How are they?

(I just had one in Branford, so...)

[agrimony.livejournal.com]

I don't know! I've never had their lobster roll. But they have the best fried shrimp. And the rest of their food is pretty darn good, too. So I can't imagine that they go wrong with the lobster roll.

You'll have to come visit me and go eat there. :)

[jendaviswilson.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I've ever actually eaten a lobster roll. I just see them make it on the Food Network with mayonnaise.

I want one though. And I'm willing to try either type.

[orichalcum.livejournal.com]

Next time you're in NY, you must go to Pearl Oyster Bar (mayo.)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

They're tasty!

Try both. It's the only way to decide which you like better. If you're out here, I'll be glad to offer recommendations.

[outlawradio.livejournal.com]

Mary's. Mayo. Did I mention there's a Brooklyn (Mary's) Fish Camp achingly close to my apartment?

[orichalcum.livejournal.com]

oh, lucky - but exp. Is there as much of a line as there is in the Village?

Actually, I'd totally be up for a Boston lobsterganza when I'm up there at the end of June. Mac's first lobster roll!

[outlawradio.livejournal.com]

We went at 7:30 on Saturday with a party of 4 (us, plus Dad and stepmom) and had to wait, like, 20 minutes. Not too bad. And we don't go that often -- expensive both in dollars and points!

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

I actually ate one of the McDonald's ones once! For McDonald's fare, it wasn't bad.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

I saw those but wasn't as brave as you were.

Good to know.

[mud-puppy.livejournal.com]

*shakes head* Lobster rolls are nasty. That's all I'm sayin! *grin*

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

More for me. :)

(BTW, good seeing you; lunch again sometime?)

[evilbunnymayhem.livejournal.com]

AHH!!!!!! NOOO!!!!!!!!!
allergic allergic!!!!! bad lobsters, bad.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Oh, allergic bad, definitely.

Wouldn't want to have to poke you with an epipen or anything.

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

I read the wikipedia article. My. I'd not have imagined something like that being a lobster roll. I was thinking something sushiesque.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

You and a couple of other people, yeah. See the other thread for more details.

[coraline]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmlobster.

i actually have no idea what legal's puts in their lobster roll except that it's more like mayo than like butter, and it's addictive as heck.

butter is definitely wrong. i must be from MA.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I didn't know Legal's did lobster rolls. Good to know.

[eeyorecol.livejournal.com]

I HATE mayo, so I thought that I would never have a lobster roll, but the one at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston is made with vinagrette on a grilled potato hot dog roll. SOOOOO good.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

That sounds intriguing!

[pgtremblay.livejournal.com]

While D'Angelo steak 'n cheese is my favorite. The lobster rolls are reall good, real lobster! Not loobster. *g*