We were in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. It was our family’s summer vacation. Every year my father drove us either north or south from New Jersey to sightsee. Everything was planned to the last detail with his AAA maps and guide books. Last summer it was Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown. This summer it was New England.

Today was to be the highlight of our trip. We’d taken a ride on a tour boat to see the charming lighthouses of Boothbay Harbor. Now we were in for an even bigger treat – a lobster lunch. It was a place right on the dock. Boats and gray green sea surrounded us, up in the distant hills were charming New England church spires, cottages and pines.

Lobster traps were piled high on the wharf. There were outdoor picnic tables and tanks where you got to choose your own lobster. We tied the plastic bibs around our collars and dipped the sweet white lobster meat into the little red-and-white checked cardboard containers of drawn butter. It was delicious.

And what better way to end a delicious meal than with a palate-pleasing sweet? To me, even then, dessert takes the sublime up a notch to sheer perfection.

“What’s for dessert?” I innocently asked.  Oliver Twist did not receive a more shocked reaction for asking, “Please sir, may I have some more?”

My parents were aghast. Here they had just proffered us a treat undreamed of in their own childhoods and their greedy offspring had the gall to ask for dessert.

Today I remain resolute that a delicious meal should conclude with dessert. And happily for me, the folks at Lobster Gram agree. Their Fantastic Father’s Day Feast for four includes Maine lobster tails, filet mignon steaks, Alaskan king crab legs – and chocolate-dipped gelato ice cream balls.  By using a Lobster Gram coupon at Coupon Cactus I can get an additional 15% off the special price of $149.95 plus 4% cash back.  I’m ordering now for delivery in time for Father’s Day, June 21.

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