Luxe Girl Winter Starts With Tinned Lobster, and We Have Just the Thing
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There was a time when tinned fish basically meant cans of tuna and mayo that your mom would mix with chopped celery before slathering on Bunny bread. Safe to say, that middle-school-era image of canned fish has given way to chic cans of smartly sourced and packaged seafood (that's even been dubbed, in manner of the world we live in these days, “hot girl food.”) Well, I’d like to see your hot-girl canned smoked salmon and raise you a luxe-girl tinned lobster.
Now, if the thought that popped into your head is Tinned lobster? Don’t know about that, let me tell you, it slaps. Lobster is, of course, known for being a high-end, generally expensive food you buy on a hot date or special occasion. So, I absolutely wouldn’t blame you for wondering if the quality of this refined seafood suffers when you tin it and put it in a pantry for months — I wondered the same thing. But after trying it, I can tell you first-hand that, while the application might be different (you’re not eating a fully intact, warm, buttery, freshly cooked lobster tail out of a can, for starters), the quality is still there, and, best yet, it’s even more accessible than it was before it was tinned.
The tinned lobster I’m talking about is from the sustainable seafood brand Scout, and while they sell a variety of tinned fish, their lobster is a bestseller for a reason. When you first open the can, you’re met with distinct chunks of red lobster meat swimming in lemon olive oil. I find some canned fish can have a metallic taste, but this wasn’t like that at all; it tasted like the lobster you get at a restaurant after squeezing some fresh lemon over top. It’s light, bright, slightly briny, and totally something any lobster lover would house in one sitting. And though it’s good on crackers (I ate it with these 34 Degrees crisps), it would also be good mixed into a salad, in a warm or cold lobster roll, and I even think it would make for a decent lobster bisque if you rinse some of the olive oil off.
It’s often out of stock on Scout’s website (like it is right now), but you can often buy it from Taylor's Market on Amazon. It might also be available on Instacart, depending on the retailers in your area. If you want to buy it straight from the source, though, you should try this variety pack that features a can of the lobster, along with tins of rainbow trout with dill and Prince Edward Island mussels in a smoked paprika and fennel tomato sauce (I mean, yum).
But suppose you want to go all out (or pick up a nice gift for a fellow foodie). In that case, the lobster is also available in the Scout Market Goods Bundle, which includes that same variety pack, three cheese utensils, a shucker, three bowls, and an acacia-wood charcuterie board. Sounds like the beginning of a great girls’ night in!
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