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drsquare wrote:

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> >> Nice langoustine.
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> >       I've never actually heard that word before, believe it or not. :)
> 
> Well, it's what that picture looks like. A langoustine is sort of half way
> between a prawn and a lobster. Comes from the French word for lobster.

Well, there is lobster and lobster. There's just one name, in English,
for two different animals. "Homard" and "Langouste" in French.

Lobster/Homard:
    -color blue (turns red when kooked)
    -bigger than a Langouste (can reach 50 cm)
    -has got large clamps (always one smaller than the other)

Lobster/Langouste:
    -color light red (stays light red when kooked)
    -smaller than a Homard (can reach 40 cm)
    -has got small clamps

According to the clamps I'd say the lobster depicted above is a
"Homard".

Then there's the "langoustine":
    -color light red (stays light red when kooked)
    -small (can reach 15 cm)
    -has got long but thin clamps (often one smaller than the other)

...and there's the "ecrevisse":
    -lives in sweet water
    -color deep red (stays deep red when kooked)
    -small (can reach 10 cm)
    -has got clamps

They taste all wonderful.
:D
joris