Is it better to buy whole lobster or lobster tail?
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What you're probably looking at in the grocery store is the price per pound and noticing that in some cases whole, live lobsters are cheaper on a per pound basis than lobster tails. It's important to remember that a lot of a lobster's weight is its carapace and internal organs that we don't eat..
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