Lobster's social status is very important now. Most lobsters are in a high-end meal. If it is anthropomorphic, it may be the big brother who drives an SUV, wears a gold chain and has a flat tattoo.
For us ordinary people, this guy is not cheap, and he is a bit "not in the three realms, jumping out of the five elements" in the food industry. When you open the menu, every dish is clearly marked, except lobster and several hard seafood dishes marked "current price". If you can put a lobster on your dinner table tonight, you must be distressed and happy. But before 100 years ago, lobster, an inferior food, could never be served unless your family could hardly boil the pot.
At that time, white immigrants who had just arrived in Massachusetts by boat lived in poverty. Without food, they walk past lobsters washed on the beach by the sea every day ... to dig Guanyin soil to eat. Although this Guanyin soil tastes like glutinous rice after being mixed with water, it is soil after all, and people can't digest it if they eat too much. These white immigrants, who can't shit, still can't let go of their worth and resolutely don't eat lobster. Why? Because at that time, lobsters were food for slaves and prisoners.
And 400 years ago, an official named William severely humiliated the new white indentured slaves with lobsters (17-/kloc-the white labor force in the British North American colonies in the 8th century). Commonly known as "white slaves." ), holding a big lobster in his hand, looked at Bai Nu contemptuously and said, "Sorry, we are very hard here, you can only eat lobster and drink cold water."
The lobster insult to China had a very bad influence, which completely ignited the anger of new immigrants and led to large-scale riots. The colonial government had to introduce a rule that indentured slaves should not eat lobster more than three times a week.
In old English, spider wrote "Loppe", and Lobster's "lobster" came from this word. It is considered as the lowest living thing in the ocean, just like small insects on land. So at that time, the Yankees would never eat it unless they had to Even if there is, it will not be seen. I often cry after eating, and I feel how to get along so badly.
/kloc-in the 0 th and 9 th centuries, some processing plants thought that since it was edible and low in cost, it was better to make it into cans. So, at that time, the cheaper canned beans were 50 cents a catty, while this canned lobster meat was only 1 1 dime, and it was all for cats. There were lobsters in the market at that time, but they were all dead.
The story of lobster is a bit like hairy crabs in the Republic of China. Everything from penniless to steel seal on the shell, each with an anti-counterfeiting ring.
Different from hairy crabs, the legendary story of the gorgeous turn of the big lobster. As we said just now, lobsters are rampant and only slaves and prisoners eat them. The local cannery in Maine can can cats. Boston lobsters weighing less than 5 kg at that time were inferior, but the development of industry led to a decrease in the number of large lobsters, and later smaller lobsters reached the production standard.
Industrial progress has narrowed the selection range of lobsters, but this has not affected the supply and improved the value of lobsters. But after the development of the railway, things began to get interesting. The conductor found that mainland passengers had never seen this thing. If this thing is described as delicious, isn't it a way to make money by selling it to them in the car?
Simple mainland passengers, who were eaten by seaside people in the car, were full of praise. They not only liked this kind of seafood, but also gave it to relatives and friends on the spot. In this way, lobsters in the sea entered thousands of households along the land railway. /kloc-in 0/880, chefs found that lobsters must be eaten fresh, so just like today, lobsters seen in restaurants are alive.
Although Americans cooked lobster and ate it as salad at that time, the demand did increase greatly, and the price increase was logical.
In 2006, the writer Motherjones wrote this passage in her article:
? "1920, the price of lobster reached its peak. The economic crisis made people unable to afford it, so the lobster market went downhill again. The canned lobster has become inferior again, and it is supplied to soldiers to supplement protein. 1944, American soldiers ate canned lobster and fought the Germans. Because of the war, lobsters have the opportunity to breed and breathe. Although the recovery of the American economy has gradually restored the price of lobster, it has not escaped the fate of inferior products. During the Great Depression, poor people in Maine had to go lobster fishing, and the children brought lobster sandwiches the next morning. Going to school will also be laughed at by classmates. "
During World War II, there was a crop failure, and only lobsters were not rationed. Unexpectedly, Americans not only didn't feel miserable, but finally ate the true meaning of lobster. During the period of 1950, lobster has changed from "sea cockroach" to "lobster". It is a fashion for Hollywood stars to eat lobster, and there should be a big lobster at the wedding banquet of a big family. Even/kloc-john davison rockefeller, the first billionaire in the 9th century, invited everyone to eat lobster.
Forbes. Com once published the list of 15 richest people in American history, and john rockefeller finally topped the list. Interested students can go and see his life.
Today, I went to the seaside for a holiday and ate a lobster. Eight out of ten people want to open a circle of friends. For ordinary people who work from eight to five, there is nothing worse. However, some people still scoff at lobster, and orthodox Jews also think that lobster is unclean and refuse to eat it. But Americans have long forgotten how much they dislike lobster. We want to thank the "rotten" chefs on the train, and also thank the local tyrants who don't know that lobsters are "garbage". How else can you find this delicious Boston lobster?
Although I can't afford it.