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> It was in fact considered food for poor people which is quite strange since it was imported from far places. Well, so was lobster at one point...

• carlob 7y ago
  As a matter of fact the two stories are related, because code is one of lobster's main natural predators and overfishing of the former led to an overpopulation of the latter.
• masklinn 7y ago
  Necessity being the mother of invention, that's a common theme to the more traditional cuisines.