| A Prince Edward Island vacation is not a vacation at all | | | | of Canada are the more common lobster areas |
| without succumbing to the succulence offered up by a | | | | although they can be found as far south as North |
| maritime lobster feed unlike any you're likely to find | | | | Carolina. |
| anywhere else. | | | | While a much vaunted delicacy today, in decades past, |
| Lobster is not so much a part of Prince Edward Island | | | | that hasn't always been the case. In fact, the lobster |
| life as it is a fact of Prince Edward Island life and a visit | | | | was once considered very common and farmers of |
| to the gentle island without a lobster feast would be | | | | Prince Edward Island would often spread lobsters on |
| like a visit to the island without giving in to a round of | | | | their fields for fertilizer. Perhaps that's one of the |
| golf. Or visiting the island and not walking along the | | | | reasons Prince Edward Island potatoes have come to |
| miles and miles and miles of endless sandy beaches in | | | | have the storied reputation and taste they do. |
| shades of white, champagne, pink and of red. Or of | | | | A live lobster is usually greenish-brown in appearance |
| visiting the island without taking in the many festivals | | | | and color, although occasionally they have been known |
| that imbue it with its unique character, charm and of | | | | turn up in blue, partly white, yellow or bright red. These |
| course, it's culture. | | | | color variations are the result of a genetic defect in the |
| There are two lobster fishing seasons on Prince | | | | lobster shell pigments and are very rare. In fact, for a |
| Edward Island; one in the spring and the other occurring | | | | blue lobster, the chances are one in a million. For a |
| in the fall. Lobsters from the island are available year | | | | yellow lobster; one in 30 million. |
| round, however, because they are kept in holding pens | | | | The sight of a red lobster is considerably more |
| or pounds, (traditionally large, fenced areas of the | | | | common and can be found all over the island. This is, |
| ocean) or in more recent years, thanks to rapid the | | | | of course, due to the fact that it's been cooked and |
| advancements made by technology, lobsters can be | | | | served with butter. It is here, on the gentle island that |
| penned in huge dry-land holding facilities, in fact | | | | the potato and lobster together are once again a |
| pioneered in Atlantic Canada. In the end, it means the | | | | familiar sight, preferably served piping hot in your |
| lobster served to you is always as fresh as it is | | | | newfound and favorite Prince Edward Island |
| refreshing to the palate. | | | | restaurant at the water's edge or along the boardwalk. |
| The American lobster or as it's known by its scientific | | | | This summer, savor the succulence of a Prince |
| name, Homarus Americanus, can most often be found | | | | Edward Island lobster, and all the tradition that comes |
| on the Atlantic coast where it is also known as the | | | | with it. Bon appetit! |
| northern, Atlantic or Maine lobster. The colder waters | | | | |