This is perhaps the most important part of the Sea Grant Week 2005 Web site, because here you'll find invaluable hints on how to act and sound like a Mainer—so no one will know you're from away!

Tip #1: How to Eat a Lobster (with aplomb and grace)

The first thing you should know before coming to Maine is how to eat a lobster. Maine lobster is world-famous, and nothing says summer like a lobster bake on the beach. Many people who are unfamiliar with eating this king of crustaceans in its whole cooked form need to learn how to eat a lobster properly.

For starters, visit the Maine Lobster Promotion Council http://www.mainelobsterpromo.com/eat.html or http://www.bayviewlobster.com/Lobster.html for a more graphic description.

For more information on Maine lobsters, visit the Lobster Institute http://www.lobster.um.maine.edu/lobster/

and the Lobster Conservancy http://www.lobsters.org/

A traditional lobster bake also features clams, potatoes, corn-on-the-cob, onions, and hardboiled eggs—all steamed in seaweed. You will be tested on this material at the Sea Grant Week lobster bake on Saturday, June 4…so study hard!

Stay tuned to this Web site to find out other critical information you'll need to know to get the most out of your trip to Maine!

And p.s., real Mainers don't wear bibs!

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