One great blessing of visiting Nova Scotia in the winter is eating lobster. The season opens December 1 and closes May 31, so if the weather is fine, the lobster we eat tonight will have been caught this morning. The lobster men must harvest well out to sea but as long as the ocean is calm, they will work, and they will bring in the lobsters. They don't seem to mind the cold but the snow and freezing rain along with the strong winds keep them on shore, the men that is. The lobsters just stay on the bottom and migrate out and out and out.
Vinal helps his cousin with lobstering, so we are able to buy the lobsters directly from the boat and at wholesale price. It helps to have friends. Tonight we will dine like kings. And we don't even need to freeze ourselves while cooking the lobsters outside. Vinal has already cooked the lobsters and Betty has baked biscuits. My task is to set the table and set out a tray of fresh vegetables to nibble as appetizers. Before we eat our lobsters, Ken and Vinal will inspect their garden and decide what need changing for summer 2012. Last years garden was a huge success but they must make changes. But some things never change. We love eating lobster in Nova Scotia!!
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