Many years ago I was watching Julia Child and she said to steam you lobsters in salt water (only salt water because it is my understanding that up in Maine they use sea water) 20 minutes per pound. This method has never let me down, and I have done it many, many times. Once the water comes to a boil, bring the heat down to medium. My wife and I went out this past October 30th for our 15th anniversary. This was the first time we had gone out to dinner in years. For the $120.00 I would spend in a restaurant, I usually fix 2 stuffed lobsters (for best results, you need one male and one female, for the roe), drawn butter, 2 large steaks, fresh asparagus, smoke salmon with all the fixings, caviar, twice cooked baked potatoes, and some kind of molten chocolate cake or Alaskan Brownies.