Low Priced Lobsters, Now in Maine

One of the few items that are going down in price is lobsters, at least in Maine. In many places there the price is equal to deli sliced turkey. Unfortunately for us non- New Englanders the low cost will not be found else where. The summer lobster catch in Maine is mostly the soft- shelled so shipping the fragile critters is tough. The falling demand and good harvest has created the low prices according to the AP. I cannot help but wonder about the lobstermen I talked to recently when coasting up the coast. The price of fuel was fueling some great anxiety. There was a time in Maine when state prisons served lobster several times a week to the dismay of the prisoners. In many of the mansions the servants also suffered the same abuse. I can only hope that when I return to Cozy Cove Cottage in Oct. I can suffer as well, nothing sweeter than a cold water lobster caught that very day!