Tomorrow, June 15, is National Lobster Day, which made us hungry and got us dreaming about how we could celebrate with a lobster roll. But should it be a hot one or a cold one? Globe food writer ...

Remove them, break off the legs and claws, and shock the lobster bodies in ice-cold water. Return the legs and claws to the boiling water for a further 2 minutes, then shock in ice-cold water.

Scrub the lobster under cold, running water. Prepare a large bowl of ice water. Bring a large pot of water to the boil and add enough salt so it tastes like seawater. Put the lobster in the pot ...