Posted on 06/28/2009 10:34:45 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
What has the world come to? A report has come across the newswire telling of misery among the lobstermen of New England. They have too many lobsters, and no one wants to buy them. Remember when lobster was one of the most expensive foods you could buy? Now it's so cheap that fishermen are hawking lobsters on the street for a few bucks.
(Excerpt) Read more at food.theatlantic.com ...
This is what caught my eye. Where in Maine does one find the lobstermen hawking their extra lobsters on the street? I'm already hungry. Yummmmm....
Lobsters are cousins to cockroaches. But, what the heck, they still taste good (with a little warm butter).
I’ve seen something similar with pineapples.
The fields of Costa Rica are choked with them. Only 1/2 the pineapples purchased are ever consumed (they’re usually a center piece) and nobody is going to pay $5.99 for a decoration.
Waterfront warehouses are full of them. A lot of the importers are selling at a loss just to recoup some of their money.
Yuck, I don’t like lobsters. But I remember reading that most people in the North East didn’t care too much for lobster until the twentieth century and it was mostly given to prisoners and the poor who ate so much of it they simply couldn’t stand it after awhile.
>>Lobsters are cousins to cockroaches. But, what the heck, they still taste good (with a little warm butter).<<
I wouldn’t know. I have never eaten a cockroach with warm butter...
Late last year lobster was cheaper by the pound than most cold cuts up here. Needless to say my lobster consumption has increased......
What was the price-per-pound after you threw away the shell?
There was a time, before tourists, that the lobster was considered poverty food...
Cheap here in Florida. I can get them at the flea markets for about $1 to $2 each.
Are to trying to ruin my good time? ;)
I’d much rather have a lobster roll than a ham sandwich...
I’ve read histories of Biscayne Bay. Years ago the bottom of Biscayne Bay was littered with Florida lobsters (actually large crayfish). I can believe that because when I was a teenager, you just swam out about a 500 yards from shore into the Atlantic and the bottom would be covered with Florida lobsters (really crayfish).
Just one more service I offer. ;-)
That would explain the restaurant specials I have been seeing lately.
And back in the 40s when I was a kid, our Depresssion "poverty food" often consisted of canned Alaska red sockeye salmon sandwiches and patties. Has anyone priced a can of that stuff lately? It runs around $10 for the same 15 oz. can.
I like pineapple but it’s a bit of a hassle to buy a whole pineapple and cut it up yourself. I probably pay way too much for cut pineapple.
I’m not a big lobster fan though.
Another sad effect of global warming and Bush Administration malfeasance. [/sarc]
Ping - prime time to check the specials...
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