Poor people food: Lobster

[whm1974]

I want to know who came up with the idea to cook insects of the ocean to eat.

Poor people? And/or simply eating whatever was locally available.

 

[Luna1968]

ocean cockroaches

 

[nutxo]

Lobster isn't my thing but is that's what you like fuck all the retards that wanna talk shit. The funny thing is I was looking for a cod recipe and found a recipe for "poor mans lobster " that was great. Didn't taste like lobster to me but a few other people thought it did.

 

[KB]

Maryland Crabs used to be the food of the poor. Now they are 2 - 5 bucks per crab. You burn more calories picking them than you gain in eating them so one dozen is a minimum to feel satiated.
The real food of the poor is ramen and mac and cheese, I bet those are still cheap in Turks and Caicos.

 

[ctbaars]

A. Poor starving people

 

[luv2liv]

they do look like cockroaches of the sea.
gotta admit someone was very brave to eat it first!
and man are they delicious but expensive. usually $10/lbs in PA

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Poor people? And/or simply eating whatever was locally available.

Pretty much this. From my understanding they used to be incredibly common around the American southern beaches, basically something you could walk out in the water and grab for food, hence why they were popular as a poor man's food.

At some point that changed, I recall reading that someone important from England had some drowned in butter, decided it was the best thing since haggis, and it instantly became the 'thing' rich people ate.

 

[ponyo]

Maryland Crabs used to be the food of the poor. Now they are 2 - 5 bucks per crab. You burn more calories picking them than you gain in eating them so one dozen is a minimum to fill satiated.
The real food of the poor is ramen and mac and cheese, I bet those are still cheap in Turks and Caicos.

I brought 6 packs of instant ramen from home and ate it all. I wish I brought more. They sell instant ramen here but it's not the kind I want. I always pack and travel with ramen in my suitcase unless I'm goinng to Asia. If I'm in Asia, I do the reverse and buy and pack ramen to bring back home with me. I could stay at Four Seasons and I would still pack and eat ramen.

 

[ponyo]

they do look like cockroaches of the sea.
gotta admit someone was very brave to eat it first!
and man are they delicious but expensive. usually $10/lbs in PA

Lobsters are cockroaches, shrimps are fleas, conchs are snails, and eels are snakes. Doesn't bother me.

 

[zinfamous]

Lobster is peasant food. Worse--it inspires prisoners to riot.

http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2010/05/lobster-legend.html
https://gizmodo.com/lobsters-were-once-only-fed-to-poor-people-and-prisoner-1612356919

 

[KB]

I brought 6 packs of instant ramen from home and ate it all. I wish I brought more. They sell instant ramen here but it's not the kind I want. I always pack and travel with ramen in my suitcase unless I'm goinng to Asia. If I'm in Asia, I do the reverse and buy and pack ramen to bring back home with me. I could stay at Four Seasons and I would still pack and eat ramen.

Will Amazon ship you ramen? I get Ramen deliveries from them periodically in the states because I got so used to ramen in College that I become ramen deficient if I don't eat it once in a while. I bet if you mix that lobster in your ramen you would have an amazing meal.

 

[whm1974]

Lobster is peasant food. Worse--it inspires prisoners to riot.

http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2010/05/lobster-legend.html
https://gizmodo.com/lobsters-were-once-only-fed-to-poor-people-and-prisoner-1612356919

I wonder if the upper classes back then would be aghast at what people today consider to be rich people's foods?

 

[Fritzo]

I don't know if lobster bites from Long John Silvers can be considered lobster. I love Maine/cold water lobster. I cook and eat lot of cold water lobster.

But no matter how many times I've tried warm water lobster tail, it isn't all that great. I thought I would give it one more go here since the warm water lobster tails was fresh compared to the frozen ones I buy at Costco back home. Nope. Still not great.

I'm going to give props for proper lobster preparation. A lot of people leave them in the shell while grilling. You'll overcook it 100% of the time if you do that.

 

[ultimatebob]

Oooh, now I have the sudden urge to build a sand castle with my kid. Nice pictures.

 

[purbeast0]

You in Providenciales?

I saw some big ass lobsters when I snorkeled at Smith's Reef. You could have gotten a full lobster for free!

 

[dank69]

Maine lobster is divine. Right up there with crab legs. Had warm water lobster tail one time and it was awful. If that is someone's only experience with lobster then they are missing out.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Will Amazon ship you ramen? I get Ramen deliveries from them periodically in the states because I got so used to ramen in College that I become ramen deficient if I don't eat it once in a while. I bet if you mix that lobster in your ramen you would have an amazing meal.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/20NQ6NOKWS60

Is very tasty. Have tried / ordered. Live off it when I'm broke.

 

[Tormac]

I am pretty sure lobsters are not Halal, so in Muslim majority countries like Turkey I can see lobsters being cheap, undesirable food in general.

edited - I have to lol at myself, I read the location wrong, and for some reason thought the OP was in Turkey. Never mind.

 

[rh71]

Most of us have been through college so we know what poor people food is. Other than ramen, it was bread with prepackaged deli meat... filled up for a cheap price and little effort. If we had the space/freezer, it was those huge $10 bags of Costco meatballs, in some bread.

 

[StinkyPinky]

Kinda makes sense that it was once poor peoples food. Probably originally it was people starving that saw these putrid sea facehuggers and thought "It's either eat this or die".

Most of them probably chose death.

 

[Zeze]

Lobster was considered junk food at one point. D-rations. Only fit to feed to prisoners. Poor prisoners.

This gets repeated a lot. I don't think they were prepared & cooked properly like we eat 'em today. It was all ground up and gross.

 

[ponyo]

Will Amazon ship you ramen? I get Ramen deliveries from them periodically in the states because I got so used to ramen in College that I become ramen deficient if I don't eat it once in a while. I bet if you mix that lobster in your ramen you would have an amazing meal.

There are all kinds of big ethnic grocery stores around me so I don't need to order ramen from Amazon. Ramen I bring back is made in Korea stuff I can't get here. Well, I can get it here and it looks exactly the same but it's made in the US so it doesn't taste the same. The US version uses different and hotter peppers so it's spicier. It's minor difference but it's like USA Coke vs Mexican Coke. If given the choice, I'm going to take Mexican Coke with cane sugar over US Coke with corn syrup. It's the same with ramen.

 

[ponyo]

Maine lobster is divine. Right up there with crab legs. Had warm water lobster tail one time and it was awful. If that is someone's only experience with lobster then they are missing out.

I don't think warm water lobster is awful but it's not my favorite. Definitely cold water is vastly superior. But warm water is edible and I will still eat it over lot of other food.

 

[Jeeebus]

there's a restaurant on the beach down here with all you can eat lobster (wednesdays) and king crab (fridays). not terribly expensive... maybe $55/pp for maine lobster.

I think I maxed out one night at 9 lobsters. That was an... interesting... drive home.

 

[KB]

https://www.walmart.com/ip/20NQ6NOKWS60

Is very tasty. Have tried / ordered. Live off it when I'm broke.

Wow and I thought artificial beef flavor was probably unhealthy, eating artifical lobster flavor must be completely toxic. I am definately going to go try some.