Butler

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Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Those of the middle size are best.
The male lobster is preferred to eat, and the female to make sauce of.
Set on a pot with water, salted in proportion of a tablespoonful of salt to a quart of water.
When the water boils, put it in, and keep it boiling briskly from half an hour to an hour, according to its size;
wipe all the scum off it, and rub the shell with a little butter or sweet oil, break off the great claws, crack them carefully in each joint, so that they may not be shattered, and yet come to pieces easily, cut the tail down the middle, and send the body whole.