What you didn’t know about Lobster !
Did you know that lobster was once considered food for the poor?
The crustacean only became popular around the mid 19th century.
The lobster fisheries only flourished after the development of the lobster smack which is a custom made boat with open holding wells to keep the lobsters alive for transport.
Before this period, it was only considered food for slaves, servants or lower members of the society in Maine, Massachusetts, and the Canadian Maritimers.
Hence the name ‘food for the poor’.
It was served in prisons too and it remains a taboo food in the dietary laws of Judaism and certain streams of Islam.
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