Lobster
Nephropidae
Not Kosher
No fins or scales
Fins
No
Scales
No
Description
Lobster is usually boiled or steamed in the shell, with the meat eaten in melted butter and lemon juice. It also goes into bisque, lobster rolls, lobster Newberg, and lobster Thermidor.
Lobsters live in every ocean on rocky, sandy, or muddy bottoms, from the shoreline out past the continental shelf. Younger ones hide in crevices and burrows while larger ones move into deeper water and migrate with the seasons. Most are fished between 2 and 900 meters.
Also known as
- Maine lobster
- American lobster
- Homarus
- Rock lobster
- Spiny lobster
Lobster in foreign languages
| Scientific | Nephropidae |
| Hebrew | לובסטר |
| Arabic | كركند |
| Spanish | langosta |
| Portuguese | Nefropídeos |
| French | homard |
| Italian | nefropidi |
| German | Hummerartige |
| Greek | Αστακός |
| Russian | Омары |
| Turkish | Istakoz |
| Chinese | 海螯蝦科 |
| Japanese | ロブスター (アカザエビ科) |
| Korean | 바닷가재 |
| Hindi | झींगा मछली |
| Bengali | গলদা |
| Vietnamese | Họ Tôm hùm càng |
| Thai | ล็อบสเตอร์ |
| Indonesian | Lobster |
Warnings & Kosher Issues
- A crustacean with a hard exoskeleton and no fins or scales, so it is not kosher.
- Unqualified lobster usually means clawed lobster. Spiny, slipper, squat, and reef lobsters aren't closely related but share the same ruling.