Wednesday, July 7

Homarus americanus

Pots of flesh
...in colonial days in North America the crustacean was so plentiful and cheap that it was used to feed prisoners and indentured servants in place of valuable cod and mackerel. One group of Massachusetts servants became so fed up with their diet of lobster that they took their owners to court and won a judgment that it not be served to them more than three times a week.

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