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And lobster wasn't a fancy meal until early 20th century https://www.history.com/news/a-taste-of-lobster-history https://www.history.com/news/a-taste-of-lobster

by m-p-3 7y ago

And lobster wasn't a fancy meal until early 20th century https://www.history.com/news/a-taste-of-lobster-history https://www.history.com/news/a-taste-of-lobster-history "lobsters were routinely fed to prisoners, apprentices, slaves and children during the colonial era and beyond"

anthony_romeo 7y ago
And the well-to-do in colonial America were eating luxurious German Bologna
- danans 7y ago
  I call baloney ... isn't it originally from Italy?
  - Mikeb85 7y ago
    Yup, what we call bologna is actually 'mortadella' but is from the city of Bologna.
    - ska 7y ago
      It isn't really mortadella, so much as a cheaper-to-produce knock off.
mamon 7y ago
Makes sense: lobsters are essentially insects, and eating insects, such as cockroaches is disgusting for most people. I still refuse to eat lobsters and shrimps for this exact reason: I'm not eating any insects, ever.
- peteradio 7y ago
  More insects for me!
- teekert 7y ago
  Some human puts some species under some label. You: I'm not eating anything under this label as it must be alike! But in this case insects a lobsters are not even close in the tree of life. Maybe they indeed look alike a bit. Do you eat feces because it does look a bit like chocolate?
  - randomdestructn 7y ago
    I'm guessing they avoid any arthropods. Chocolate and feces isn't really a great analog.
  - mrrsm 7y ago
    If you have a shellfish allergy you are told to avoid eating insects. I know that is the case for crickets at least. So having them compared isn't that out there of an idea.
  - Retric 7y ago
    It’s not that far apart Lobsters and insects both belong to the invertebrate phylum Arthropoda. If you want to include both spiders which are Chelicerata and grasshoppers which are Hexapoda that’s Arthropoda.
    - phonypc 7y ago
      I guess cows are basically fish then. Both Chordates after all /s
      - Retric 7y ago
        Again it depends on the measuring stick. In terms of nutrition costs and fish are rather similar in comparison to say wheat.
- jotm 7y ago
  I'll eat any insects. Well, not on the regular maybe, but I'd try them. I still want to try some grasshoppers and centipedes and whatnot, I wonder about the taste. I love salted shrimp, I remember seeing them in the water at the beach all the time, and people were literally walking there with a fine net and catching them. Not anymore though, waters are more polluted and they've been overfished I guess.
- moate 7y ago
  >>Eating insects...is disgusting for most people The several billion people of the world would like to have a talk with you... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomophagy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomophagy
- kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
  All animals are essentially worms with some appendages here and there. Might want to avoid them too.
cataflam 7y ago
That was only true in coastal North America (and even there, the tales of disgust have probably also been exaggerated), not Europe. There are traces of it being appreciated going back to the Romans and Greeks. http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodlobster.html http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodlobster.html

by m-p-3 7y ago

anthony_romeo 7y ago

And the well-to-do in colonial America were eating luxurious German Bologna

danans 7y ago
I call baloney ... isn't it originally from Italy?
- Mikeb85 7y ago
  Yup, what we call bologna is actually 'mortadella' but is from the city of Bologna.
  - ska 7y ago
    It isn't really mortadella, so much as a cheaper-to-produce knock off.

mamon 7y ago

Makes sense: lobsters are essentially insects, and eating insects, such as cockroaches is disgusting for most people. I still refuse to eat lobsters and shrimps for this exact reason: I'm not eating any insects, ever.

peteradio 7y ago
More insects for me!
teekert 7y ago
Some human puts some species under some label. You: I'm not eating anything under this label as it must be alike! But in this case insects a lobsters are not even close in the tree of life. Maybe they indeed look alike a bit. Do you eat feces because it does look a bit like chocolate?
- randomdestructn 7y ago
  I'm guessing they avoid any arthropods. Chocolate and feces isn't really a great analog.
- mrrsm 7y ago
  If you have a shellfish allergy you are told to avoid eating insects. I know that is the case for crickets at least. So having them compared isn't that out there of an idea.
- Retric 7y ago
  It’s not that far apart Lobsters and insects both belong to the invertebrate phylum Arthropoda. If you want to include both spiders which are Chelicerata and grasshoppers which are Hexapoda that’s Arthropoda.
  - phonypc 7y ago
    I guess cows are basically fish then. Both Chordates after all /s
    - Retric 7y ago
      Again it depends on the measuring stick. In terms of nutrition costs and fish are rather similar in comparison to say wheat.
jotm 7y ago
I'll eat any insects. Well, not on the regular maybe, but I'd try them. I still want to try some grasshoppers and centipedes and whatnot, I wonder about the taste. I love salted shrimp, I remember seeing them in the water at the beach all the time, and people were literally walking there with a fine net and catching them. Not anymore though, waters are more polluted and they've been overfished I guess.
moate 7y ago
>>Eating insects...is disgusting for most people The several billion people of the world would like to have a talk with you... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomophagy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomophagy
kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
All animals are essentially worms with some appendages here and there. Might want to avoid them too.

cataflam 7y ago

That was only true in coastal North America (and even there, the tales of disgust have probably also been exaggerated), not Europe. There are traces of it being appreciated going back to the Romans and Greeks. http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodlobster.html http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodlobster.html