David Ellerman wrote:
The final social event was a feast of Maine lobsters at a nearby beach presided over by MacLane and Dorothy. As we were devouring our lobsters, I particularly remember MacLane shouting out to all assembled: "Don't eat the green stuff, don't eat the green stuff!" (a reference to lower part of the lobster's alimentary canal).
The "green stuff" is not the lower part of the lobster's alimentary canal (a barely visible black "string"); it is the lobster's liver. While the texture & flavor take more getting used to than those of the white meat, the liver (known slightly confusingly as "tomalley") is perfectly wholesome, and should certainly be eaten. So, of course, should the immature eggs (bright red & known as "coral") if present. -Robert Dawson