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Recently, I heard a rumor that Lobster used to only be used as a food to feed prisoners and poor people in the United States. Though initially it sounded almost too bizarre to be true, in this bizarre world we live in, I figured that I had better check it out.

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As it turns out, the rumor was true! Here is a little history behind the story of lobsters as a food source in America.

>These days a live lobster will go for easily $5 a pound, according to the Main lobster industry, though they can easily spike 20 percent or more in a single season, as they did in 2012, climbing as high as $14 depending on how many fishermen can catch.

>However, when the colonists first arrived on the shores of New England, they faced the opposite problem: an overabundance of the shellfish. An unimaginable overabundance. Lobsters used to wash up on shore in drifts two-feet tall. One 17th century British historian by the name of William Wood visited Newfoundland and noted, "Their plenty makes them little esteemed and seldom eaten [except by the Indians who] get many of them every day for to baite their hooks withal and to eat when they can get no bass."

[source](http://gizmodo.com/lobsters-were-once-only-fed-to-poor-people-and-prisoner-1612356919)

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That same article went on to say the following as well.

>The lobster also quickly earned a reputation for being a vacuous bottom feeder, willing to put anything—no matter how barely edible—in its craw. People ate so much lobster they got sick of it—though it doesn't help that they only cooked lobsters dead back then, not alive as we do today.

[source](http://gizmodo.com/lobsters-were-once-only-fed-to-poor-people-and-prisoner-1612356919)

Of course the Lobster is a bottom feeder and will gladly feast upon any dead carcass in the sea, or whatever else it can find. For some time now, I’ve even referred to them as “The **Cockroach** of the Sea.” Mostly, I use that term around those who really enjoy eating Lobster (and I do as well), but, when compared to this portion of the history of the Lobster as a food source, I may not be that far off. According to the Old Testament dietary laws, Lobster was one of the *unclean* animals that the Hebrews were forbidden to eat.

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Despite its feeding tendencies, and its history, I’ll continue to enjoy eating Lobster when I can. If, however, I take @mama-pepper out for a Lobster dinner, I won’t pretend that I am feeding **my prisoner**.

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