Ringing in the New Year in Style

Did I ever tell you about the time we drowned a three pound lobster? Well we couldn't think of a better way to ring in the first night of 2012. The plan was steak and lobster and a quiet night home. We broke out the bread machine for the first time and made sundried tomato, Parmesan bread. I had to go to work so Mike was burdened with buying a lobster. After three grocery stores he finally found one and asked the clerk "what do I do with this when I get home?".
Following instructions he filled the sink with water and dropped the beast in. I recieve a phone call at work "Can you drowned a lobster? He's stopped moving?". Some internet research proved you can drowned a lobster and you probably shouldn't eat it. Damn. Grocery stores were only open for another hour, so we headed to return the Beast (RIP) and replace him with some friendly, frozen lobster tails.
Waiting for the tails to defrost so we passed the time with idle chit chat and moderate drinking. Finally 'round nine we were ready to begin.
Here are the tasty, if not delayed results:

For the butter I followed a chef Michael Smith receipie. I browned on the stove and added a bit of lemon juice. Mike said it was like lemon-flavoured butterscottch- a pretty close assement.
Our even was capped off with a viewing of Cowboys vs Aliens, in which Daniel Craig steals all the scenes and has a total of 3 lines.
Happy New Year and may you be free of the curse of the Three Pound Lobster.