Should I boil or steam lobster?
Chef's answer
Boiling is a little quicker and easier to time precisely, and the meat comes out of the shell more readily than when steamed. For recipes that call for fully cooked and picked lobster meat, boiling is the best approach. ... In contrast, steaming is more gentle, yielding slightly more tender meat..
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Of course it does. The two mediums will try to reach equilibrium with each other. This is no different than using marinades or more specifically in this case (but the opposite of what you are asking), brines, to flavor a medium like meat (so to increase salt content of meat internally in this case).
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