Way back in October Bryan went on his 3rd trip to the Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, California to travel on a boat for 5 days and dive for lobster. This picture here is some of the result of his night dive where he brought in 3 of the 9 total lobster he caught on the trip. These suckers are BIG!! He made 22 dives, the most of anyone on the boat, and doubled his catch from last year's trip, still managing to come home alive despite some crazy stories!
This is what it looks like during and after preparation...YUMMMMMY! He soaked them in lemon water after taking them out of the freezer, now
that we were ready to get the family all together and share! He boiled the 7 smaller tails for about 10-12 minutes, (and smaller is relative, folks!) and aren't they BEA-U-TI-FUL???
And then he cut up the 2 largest ones using this recipe for a tempura and deep frying it. I am not joking when I tell you this was AMAZING!
And then we had a little Shish Kebob of veggies and tri-tip steak with a Baja Citrus Lime marinade.
And these are the onion rings he made from scratch using the same tempura batter recipe as he did for the lobster.
The fact that we could share this delicious food and fun time with our family was what I consider the BEST part of the whole thing, though. What a huge blessing all the way around! I sure hope Bryan gets to go again this year! Maybe he will double his catch again! Sure would be nice to be able to share with even more people!
