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