There was a time when lobster was used to feed prisoners, because it was considered low grade food.
And the succcess all had to with marketing?
Seems short on taste , unless dipped in butter. The idea ribbing it apart along with a hammer while wearing a lobster bib . Cracking open what could pass as a red edible cousin to a horseshoe crab.
Don’t care for crabs either.
Save Larry the lobster .
Yes, I remember reading about feeding lobster to inmates. They (the lobsters) were viewed as little more than gigantic insects.