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Did you know that before the 19th century, lobsters and oysters were poor people's food in London and elsewhere? People literally fished them out of the Thames and sold them on the street
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It would be interesting to know how it became a luxury food. And I’m just running to check 😂
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Now it's a luxury item! I love those two! Especially oysters!
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@ogebaeby
That's wild and now super expensive 😅 My region also has similar transformation with food, for Instance "Garri", used to think it was just a staple food, for days when you're low on cash but now it's been reinvented into fancy cuisine - sometimes just for fun but yeah, happens
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Super interesting. Cc @askgina.eth tell me more about the historical Londoner diet and what it consisted off
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Yeah, for sure! But not just anywhere mostly in port cities or nearby. That’s ‘cause pork and beef have always been pricier everywhere!
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that’s a fascinating piece of history its amazing how perceptions of food can change over time do you know what led to the shift in how these foods are valued?
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most of the great food today was poor's people food back in the days
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@snazzy
Crazy how they went from cheap to gourmet
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the prisoners were living an exotic lifestyle and they never snitched 🤣
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Wow but now lobster and oysters is now rich people’s food and to get it in my country is had
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Despite it being a luxury item now I don’t like seafood 😂
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@verismo
Shows how taste shift overtime
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That’s so crazy
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it's interesting how today's luxury foods were once considered staples for the poor!
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Wow History has a way of making trends do a 180!
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That’s crazy Guess someone woke up one day and decided it wasn’t
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But now they're expensive
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Perception is the greatest currency fr
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i wonder what happened to cause the switch
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