1 teaspoon fennel pollen (alternatively you can use freshly ground fennel seeds)
Stovetop Lobster
4 1 1/2 # lobsters
16-20 steamer clams or cherrystones, whichever you like the best
1 pound mussels
1 pound fresh dug fingerling or Russian banana potatoes
4 ears shucked corn
1 ring smoked kielbasa cut in 4 peices
3 hunks of seaweed from the ocean (or the bay), I don't know what its called, but I put a picture up there- If you are squeamish, or trying this in the city you can use Kombu, about 2 sheets ( if that's the terminology)
2 cups dry white vermouth
2 tablespoons sea salt from the closest ocean. IF you are in fact right next to the ocean omit the salt & just use actual Ocean Water
2 lemons, quartered
1 head garlic split in half width-wise (around the equator)
3 sprigs fresh thyme
1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns (toasted is nice)
1 head fennel, quartered, save the fronds for another time, or you can garnish with the,m or put them in a vase with some beach roses
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