lobster cracker

Claw-crushing kitchen tool

A lobster cracker is a small hinged tool resembling pliers or nutcrackers, used to break open lobster shells and crab claws to access the meat inside.

Most seafood restaurants provide them alongside picks and bibs: She squeezed the lobster cracker until the claw shell split.

Related
  • clawCurved animal nail
  • shellHard outer covering
  • seafoodMarine creatures as cuisine
  • butterSolid fat from cream
  • bibMealtime chest covering

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Narrow utensil for shellfish

crab fork · meat tenderizer · nutcracker · mallet

shell-breaking method

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Tool for shellfish shells

meat tenderizer

shell interaction method

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Utensil for prying shellfish

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G