location in "Vacationland.” The great state of Maine is famous for its beautiful scenery - jagged, mostly rocky coastline, lighthouses, rolling mountains, and picturesque waterways, as well as for its seafood cuisine, especially lobster. Originally part of Massachusetts, Maine achieved statehood in 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise. Since the Revolution, the country had grown from 13 states to 22 and had managed to maintain a balance of power between slave states and free states. There were 11 free states and 11 slave states, a situation that gave each faction equal representation in the Senate. By 1818, the Missouri Territory had gained sufficient population to warrant its admission into the Union as a state. Its settlers came largely from the South, and it was expected that Missouri would be a slave state, which would make the balance uneven. A compromise was reached after Maine petitioned Congress for statehood. Both states were admitted, a free Maine and a slave Missouri, keeping the balance of power in the Senate and postponing the inevitable showdown for another generation.
Some fun and interesting facts about Maine, it’s the only state 
in the United States whose name has one syllable and is the only state that shares its border with only one other state. Maine also claims America's first chartered town, York, incorporated in 1641. Maine produces 99% of all the blueberries in the country making it the single largest producer of blueberries in the United States, and approximately 40 million pounds, nearly 90 percent of the nation's lobster supply is caught off the coast of Maine.
in the United States whose name has one syllable and is the only state that shares its border with only one other state. Maine also claims America's first chartered town, York, incorporated in 1641. Maine produces 99% of all the blueberries in the country making it the single largest producer of blueberries in the United States, and approximately 40 million pounds, nearly 90 percent of the nation's lobster supply is caught off the coast of Maine.
On my recent trip up to Maine, we spent a night indulging in freshly steamed lobster. When cooking your own fresh lobster at home, one of the most important things is picking out the right one. Here’s a little on location report on what to look for.
Once you get the lobsters home, cooking them is quite easy. Instead of dropping them in a whole pot of boiling water, we used a steaming technique.
Take a large pan and fill it with about an inch or inch and a half of water, put it on the stove and turn the heat up until the water stars boiling. Put the lobsters in the pan and put the lid on
top. After about 20 minutes, check to lobsters, the shell will have turned bright red. If you pick up one of the lobsters by the claw and it separates from
the body, then it’s done! Serve with melted butter and go nuts.
We also cooked up some corn on the cob and pasta salad to go along.
On the off chance that you happen to have some lobster left and the end of the night, you can use the leftovers to make another Maine tradition – Lobster Rolls. Just clean out whatever lobster you have left, washing off the little parts of meat in water to get any bits of shell or green stuff off. Add a little mayonnaise and salt and pepper to taste. Put it on a role with some lettuce and enjoy.
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