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A comment on Snobbery Helped Take the Spice Out of European Cooking (2015). Parent comment

Re:Snobbery Helped Take the Spice Out of European Cooking (2... by bitwize on Monday February 25, 2019 @11:12PM (#19251917)
In Boston it's still possible to buy lobster literally out of the back of a truck.

Lobster was so plentiful off the coast of New England that it was historically a common man's food -- marketing elevated its status significantly.

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Re:Snobbery Helped Take the Spice Out of European Cooking (2... by factsaresacred on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @04:14AM (#19252983)
Not in Europe. Lobster has always been an upper-class food, since the 16th - 17th century.

Good article here: https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/xy7vzw/lobsters-deli...

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