Interesting article that confirms that lobster was not a poor man's food at any time period, but actually held in good esteem by all wage classes of consumers.MrChef wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:40 pmWayyyyy back in the day lobster was actually poor mans food not the higher priced delicacy it is today.ColemanCollector wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:35 pm Around Ontario, they call burbot, "poor man's lobster". You need to be pretty poor.
Mike.
https://www.boston.com/news/wickedpedia ... 0declares.
But kudos to the first person that looked at a lobster, monkfish or burbot, and said, "Yeah, I'd eat that..."
Mike.