The origin of Lobster might surprise you!

The origin of Lobster might surprise you! It is red and pricey. It is a critter and a delicacy. In addition, it is the Crème de la Crème of Seafood but this beloved summertime Favorite was once thought of as the poor man's food. It is said that in the early 16th century as the first pilgrims began to settle in Bay Areas of America that the oceans overflowed with lobster no literally they overflowed. imagined ashore

with a lobster wall two feet tall.

As one would expect the settlers ate them up until like anything eaten three times a day they got sick of them. Eventually deeming them the cockroaches of the sea. After that, lobsters were used as fertilizer fish bait and ultimately prison food. They were fed so often to inmates that there was even a law enacted to protect said inmates from cruel and unusual lobster punishment.

The origin of Lobster

So then how did lobster become the succulent delicacy we all know and love? Fast forward to the mid-1800 canned food became a thing as did the railroad. Lobsters were canned and shipped to middle America at the same time middle Americans started traveling to New England for fresh lobster. By the late 1880s, prices began to surge and by World War two lobsters became the pricey specialty we have all grown to enjoy.

Source: The Great Big Story & SimsTract