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Recipe update
I should have mentioned that you must remove the lobster tail from the shell.
This should be done carefully, using a small, sharp scissors.
You cut through the underside of the lobster tail through the hoops from the top through to the every end of the tail.
You must be very careful not to tear the meat. This is a delicate operation.
Your mindset should be that you are a surgeon not a butcher!! lol!
lot's of words know, but once you have done it a couple of times it is an absolute doddle.
Another tip is to take the cooking to 60 deg C, and remove the lobster from the butter.
You will see the internal temp keep on rising whilst resting!
WT
Not quite.
I am fortunate to be able to buy locally landed Langoustines and Lobster. Also Scallops, but not diver caught.
I have not seen these in this part of the World.
I really think that this sort of seafood is underappreciated in the UK, most of it goes to Europe.
So that when one is on holiday in Spain or some parts of France, then you are eating UK shellfish!!
On the Mediterranean coast, the Rock lobsters are a very different species to that from the North Sea.
For those who cannot get (or even afford) fresh North Sea lobster, might I suggest a very acceptable alternative.
Read the recipe several times before you start.
Supermarkets at this time of year stock American Lobster from their North East coast. About £10 for two tails which is a bargain!! Make sure you properly defrost, measure internal temp to be sure.
Ignore the cooking instructions on the pack, here is my alternative if you have the confidence and experience.
In a small saucepan gently melt around half a pack of unsalted butter (125 g), and heat to about 75 deg C. No more.
Place one tail at a time in the pan, your melted butter level should be over half way up the lobster. After 3 minutes turn the lobster to ensure even cooking and cook to an internal temperature of 64 deg C. NO MORE!! Measure temp at the centre of the tail, probe into the end of tail, lengthways. Measure continually through the cook, don't guess!!
Serve with the sauce of your choice, but not something that will overpower the delicate taste of the lobster.
If your lobster is tough, you overcooked it. You need a temperature probe for this recipe, no question.
If you do it right, you will have achieved a new skill that you can build on.
The cooking time, I have found to be around 6-8 minutes.
Better to take the cooking gently and getting it right, a bull at the gate approach WILL ruin a terrific product.
You should end up with lovely, delicate lobster that has a soft texture that is still firm.
Overcook it, and it will be chewy and horrible!!
Do it right, and it will be memorable and your other half will elevate you to HERO category!!
WT
After the strange drop in the SP, nothing seems to be going on.
Maybe, a tree shake to unnerve less than confident investors.
We are on Well 1 of 4 in Tapi Aike, so all very much to play for.
O/T
Post op, the vision in my left eye appears to be bloody brilliant.
Lots of drops to administer 4 times per day, which is no hardship.
Mind you, being a tad clumsy, I did inadvertently poke my eye HARD (OW!!) with a dropper.
No harm done though!!
Tonight a bottle of Bolly to celebrate with some local seafood.
Not much else to do, although I did email Martin Hull with a few questions.
Reminder
Monday, 12.00 -14.00 Time with the Team session.
If you haven't logged in before, try it over the weekend to get set up.
Get your questions written up over the weekend, to upload when the forum opens.
And remember that Echo cannot give us any information that may have a financial value/implication.
It is frustrating, but those are the rules.
https://www.echoenergyplc.com/investors/time-with-the-team/
Have a great weekend.
Me:
F1GP, Wales v BaBa's, 49'ers v Baltimore & Raiders v KC. (watching the 2 most exciting QB's in the league)
The test in NZ already seems to be a major uphill task!!
Maybe, not to everybody's taste. But heck, it would be a sad world if we ALL liked the same things.
For example, what do you like?
It is the weekend, the share is deathly quiet, time for a little fun??
A few days ago, something very odd happened at Chariot (One share purchased) at the end of the trading day.
The SP went up 10% and came back down the following morning?!
Who knows?
WT
Pardon my French, but WTF!??!
bskny1
I am sorry that I have taken the sheen off your thoughts.
I am however very optimistic, within the confines that I described.
For example, it was documented that in 9M19, CGC drilled 40 wells of which 34 were productive and 6 were dry.
They also said that they drilled 3 exploratory wells, but we were not given data as to the outcome of those wells.
One might argue that in the time period 2017 - 2019, they drilled 16 exploratory wells, a number of which were unsuccessful wells within our partnership.
As someone who was blatantly lied to by a Scottish lawyer some years ago, I learnt that one must read between the lines and examine why "facts" were stated in a particular way. Put another way, I look for what was said as well as what was unsaid!! Politicians are the true masters of this craft of obfuscation!!
We have lots to look forward to, and I hope for much excitement and good news over the next 6 months.
On a personal note, I had an operation on my left eye this morning. The thought was not particularly pleasant, but the thing that I derive most joy from is that I live in the 21st Century and we have access to up to date procedures by surgeons that can rectify problems that were deemed hugely expensive or even impossible 30 years ago.
It hurts a bit post the op, but all will most probably be 100% within 14 days.
Me, I'm a glass half FULL sort of a person!
WT
I have no wish to be a naysayer.
Many of these CGC wells were appraisal or development wells, i.e. drilling into well understood hydrocarbon basins where oil or gas in commercial quantities have ALREADY been discovered.
Our 1st well is a wildcat or exploration well, there are no adjacent wells producing oil or gas - so it is a "punt!!" There is far more risk here, ok they have excellent indications that, in this case gas is present and in quantity but we cannot be certain until the drill is done. And just to cap the downside, there may be plenty of gas there, but if it doesn't flow to surface because the gas is in a "tight" rock, then fracking may be necessary and even then; it still might not flow in economic quantities up to the wellhead.
This well, as well as the other Tapi Aike wells is not like "Fishing in a Barrel," far from it, Believe me I wish it was, but it carries serious risk. I have been involved in a big field that did not perform as it was thought it would, that was a hugely expensive mistake!
I think that it is important that this risk factor is understood, I sincerely hope that all 4 wells are successful and we find multi Tcf fields, but absolutely nothing is a given and if anybody says different then they are seriously misleading readers.
All we can do is wait and see.
The very best that we can hope for is that gas in saleable quantities flow to surface at TD,
If they get good hydrocarbon shows, they may have to stimulate or "frack" the well to encourage flow.
If this does not [produce saleable quantities of gas, then the well may have tobe abandoned.
The other case scenario is that they find no hydrocarbons, are spared the expense of stimulation and abandon the well.
Those who wish to inhabit the fantasy world that Tapi Aike is a gold mine are sadly deluding themselves, this 4 well program will probably have its ups and downs, we as investors will just hope that it is a good and eventually profitable ride.
Enough of the negative (or more realistic) thoughts, this is the weekend!
WT
Not a bad week, as we got news of our 1st Tapi Aike drill sooner than I thought might happen.
And the website has new information and been tidied up.
BUT, we now see the "targeting" of this board by numpties like the self-styled "SUN GOD!!"
He is the 1st of this years wave of disruptors, but I am sure that he will not be the last.
It will be interesting if he posts in the evenings and/or weekends.
He says that he has filtered some of us, if he has he will not be aware of this post - yeah, that'll be right!!!
He will not be able to resist having a peek, I am absolutely sure of that. lol
So hoping for a good news flow, so I think that we should just exercise patience and let CGC get on with it.
After all, they own 81% of Tapi Aike, so they WILL do the very best job that they can - it is in their interest!
Have a good weekend, it has been a good week.
WT
Filtered eh!!
Head in the sand, more like it.
I noticed yesterday, that one investor, very soon after your utter drivel postings sold 2500000 shares.
On todays share performance, that person lost almost 10%.
It is not out with the bounds that you may, in part be responsible for that.
What is said on these pages can have a direct input into some investors reasoning or thought processes.
People like you are dangerous and can be harmful to peoples wealth.
Please go away, I have not seen a single post here that welcomes your input.
And as far as filtering me and others, THE SUN GOD with his/hers giant ego will not be able to resist a sneaky peek.
Have you written to our CEO yet, thought not!
Will you be at the Time with the Team session, absolutely not.
All mouth and trousers or even culottes!! LOL!
WT
Next session Monday, 2nd December 1200 - 1400
WT
Hi Sun God!
Back again I see, you are not of the ramper persuasion that we saw late last year, you are the disruptor ilk seeking to put investors off buying shares or even trying to make a pathetic case for them to dispose of them.
Have you emailed Echo or Martin Hull with your self-obsessed "concerns," I do not think so?!!?
Have you purchased any shares? After describing the shares yesterday as a "blind punt," your words; then I think that you would be in common parlance a moron and a cretin, if you had had a "Eureka" moment overnight and ate your words.
So I ask myself, why are you posting here?
Are you being paid to do so?
So often paid posters go away, predominately out of working hours and weekends.
What do you hope to achieve, your posting history is a fairly dismal one.
I personally am of the opinion that you are a self-serving attention seeker who has far too much time on His/hers hands with little or no money to invest. You bounce around LSE Boards like a deflating football seeking validation and responses.
I feel really sorry for you.
Maybe you are unemployable, with the traits that you demonstrate, I think that this is entirely possible.
I would hope that I speak for many investors on this LSE Board, that you are wasting your time and that your deramping output is not welcome here.
SUN GOD, if the name and it's connotations did not make me laugh out loud, I would feel very sorry for you.
You have an inflated view of yourself, you look for followers and you seek recognition.
And you are probably posting from your bedroom, in your PJ's, is that your Mum calling you down for your lunch?? lol!
Get a life, preferably away from LSE Investor boards or even seek paid employment, once you are old enough.
WT
Bye, bye!
It is so amusing that anyone who actually wishes to be taken seriously should employ the avatar of The Sun God!
More likely someone with an overinflated opinion of themselves.
WT
Hi Phoebus
You did not reply as to whether you are a current Echo shareholder.
I said that Martin Hull is available to all us long term shareholders or maybe even prospective ones for inquiries.
If you are not happy with the level information that has been released, and therefore draw the conclusion that it is "a blind punt," and do not seem willing to contact Martin Bell for clarification, might I suggest that you might look elsewhere for a place to invest.
Surely posting on a Board where the share, in your view is inadequately explained must be a waste of your time and my Wednesday afternoon wondering what your actual agenda is?
You appear to have posted 91 times in the last 30 days on 10 LSE Boards.
Clearly someone with far too much time on his hands and as you say, looking for a response.
We had similar as you last year attempt to cause discord, they came and went - as all bad smells do!?!
WT
Hi Phoebus
I read your last post with interest.
Since your opinion of ownership of Echo shares is a "bind punt!"
Am I therefore to conclude that you in fact own no Echo shares?
WT
Hi Phoebus
Might I suggest that you email Martin Hull with your questions and/or concerns?
I have previously found him unfailing helpful both in email format or even in one-to-one discussion.
He does have a very busy schedule, unsurprisingly but has got back to me as time allowed.
I hope that this helps.
WT
As CGC has a 85% success rate of productive wells in 2019.
The 2017 Gaffney-Cline CPR (Competent Persons Report) suggested 40+ leads (indications) of hydrocarbons in place in Tapi Aike. CGC and Echo presumably after poring over all the reprocessed 2D or interpreted new 3D seismic, are deciding upon 4 drill sites, this the first one in the initial phase of Tapi Aike exploration, having the best chance of delivering success.
From Echo's point of view, with our new assets, we have a projected annual income of approximately £5M. But to develop the company, we need more. The first drill in this program of 4 lies close to a gas export pipeline. If the drill is successful (discovers hydrocarbons, probably gas in sufficient volume to pay for export facilities and deliver income) we truly are off and running. The potential for new income might be there, given the drill is targeting in the high case - over 1Tcf of gas
Given CGC's hit rate of 85% and that they had 40+ locations to choose from; I would expect a minimum success rate of 2 out of the 4 wells. I say that because geologists very often talk about "testing the play," meaning that if that drill is good, it opens up a greater nearby territory that may be very similar. Testing however, has an inherent risk of failure. Remember the coal last year.
I do think that we must be conservative in our expectations. Tapi Aike in a New Province for drilling, ignoring the previous wells of the 1970's. This is NOT drilling in a mature, well understood and productive hydrocarbon basin, it is wildcat or exploration drilling where there is substantial risk that the hole that we dig, is a failure and is subsequently abandoned. Remember last year, lots of fine words from Ms Macauley and Dr Bessa that were worth absolutely nothing, the cost being the loss of 31% of our Tapi Aike stake. Many of us will own that very expensive T-Shirt!!
And I fully expect the rampers, in whatever guise - even some vacating the Sound Board and seeking a new home, to come here. They may well have no posting history, but with an agenda to hype with unrealistic expectations. They may even "employ" the notion of James Parsons as some sort of messiah, read the Sound Board; it would appear that he has few friends remaining there! My personal opinion, delete "Messiah," insert "Pariah" lol
We are now off and running at long last, we may well not get any further information on the drill until around Christmas, but you never know!
WT
I suggest that we allow Martin and Echo to just get on with it.
They have had plenty of time to plan a news flow strategy.
These next 10 weeks will give us a very good idea of the Echo that Martin wants to deliver to us.
We have this well and 3 others on Tapi Aike in addition of the Palermo Aike drill.
It seems inconceivable that some good/great news might not come our way in the next six months.
This is a good day, the disaster of last year in the rear view mirror and hope springs eternal.
I am hopeful and it is a long time that I could say that.
I just hope that they have a series of safe and efficient drills, that produce to us great value!!
WT
Hi MrMarkyB
Might I respectfully disagree with you.
Our Mergers and Acquisitions expert and CEO Martin Hull has recently completed the purchase of assets that will produce an income for us, maybe with an annual value £5M. To do that and arranging the finance is not the back of a fag packet job! I wonder what other M & A he has in mind??
We know that Echo have been cost cutting, so no doubt some staff have been lost, the remaining personnel will have had to pick up the slack. With the re/processing of 2D/3D Tapi Aike data, that must be a big job in itself along with the interpretation and agreeing a way forward with CGC. We will have had some input into the design of our 1st Tapi Aike well and the associated program. We will have to establish a good working relationship with Roch, the 30% operator of our new asset (12 oil & gas fields) plus an agreed program with Roch to drill the exploration well at Palermo Aike. Not a 5 minute job, I am sure that you will agree. We are dealing with both CGC and Roch now, and cannot afford to take our eye off the various prizes that may be available. This all takes time.
And given the fact that Sound Energy has its troubles with many dissatisfied investors "baying for the blood" of James Parsons also OUR Chairman, who has just announced that he is relinquishing his Sound post, that must have some sort of "knock on" within Echo! I read somewhere that he has closed down his Twitter and Facebook accounts!
Attracting new investors will happen when we have had some success with the drillbit, so far none; so we can hardly expect a stampede of enthusiastic investors wishing to purchase Echo Energy shares.
And if I were to attend an Investors Lunch, then it would take up 2 days of my time; since I reside North of the Border. So the cost of the trip might be around £300, I think NOT!! Better I email or phone Echo Energy with any issue that I have. Admittedly not as good as a "face to face" in our Financial Hub, but I would be spared an indifferent buffet lunch, I could employ that £300 to buy around 11,000 Echo Energy shares and not waste 2 days of my life! Sounds like a deal to me!
Also, we would not have wasted several hours of Senior Management time having to massage the ego's of nervous or disgruntled investors, better I think that they get on with the job at hand. And if you think that an Echo Energy Roadshow around the UK would be a productive use of Management's time and Investors funds, then might I firmly disagree with that notion. Possibly in 6 months or a years time when they may have success to report both on the exploration front and with respect to income, but most certainly not now when they should be doing other far more important things.
Agree or disagree, but that is what I think.
WT
The MM's must make some money, ergo our SP fluctuates from the sublime to the ridiculous!
But we all know the facts.
From the latest deal, we now have an income from established producing assets.
We are at the cusp of our first drill in Tapi Aike with all fingers crossed, 500 Bcf+ would be bloody brilliant.
We even have a drill at Campo Limite that will be funded by the vendor of our newly acquired assets.
So Echo V2 is up and running.
I personally don't care if the SP moves one jot until we get the result of the Tapi Aike drill, maybe mid January.
From experience, if it comes in in the second half of December, there will probably little SP movement.
That's AIM for you.
O/T
Given the motley weather and the GF away with her pals.
Welsh club rugby this evening
Brazilian GP
College American Football
NFL
BaBa's v Fiji
And lot's of terrific food and wine.
invoking my most patient view of Echo!
Wot's NOT to like! LOL
Have a good weekend
WT
dloughlin, nyforever
Thanks guys.
WT