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Friends who grew up in rural Nova Scotia remember the same thing: Lobster were bugs of the sea, poor man's food. Well, to me they are still bugs of the sea. Vi
by PeterWhittaker 12y ago
Friends who grew up in rural Nova Scotia remember the same thing: Lobster were bugs of the sea, poor man's food.
Well, to me they are still bugs of the sea. Vile, really.
- zwegner 12y agoRelevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1268/ https://xkcd.com/1268/
- delinka 12y agoI think lobster is more like cockroach. And even after that, I still enjoy dipping cooked lobster into melted butter ... mmmmm ...
- pcrh 12y agoPinchy!
- koliber 12y agoHaha. When I visited Cambodia, I ate spider in a restaurant in Phnom Penh. I cannot say it was tasty or delicious, but made for an interesting evening. Just adding that here as proof that we live in a universe where people occasionally eat spiders.
- oftenwrong 12y agoThis video discusses how Lobster made their transition to a luxury item in a "storytelling" format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR5yWTf2ajE&t=4m33s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR5yWTf2ajE&t=4m33s tl;dw westward expansion in North America meant people were increasingly living in areas without plentiful lobster -> refrigeration and canning made shipping lobster west possible -> lobster was fished heavily to meet demand -> lobster populations declined -> rare lobster means expensive lobster