| DID YOU KNOW in the 1800's lobster was
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| | Today, lobster is one of the most
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| known as a "poor mans food"? Poor
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| | expensive items on the menu and is not
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| colonial families, prisoners, servants
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| | cheap to buy in markets either. Now,
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| and children often ate lobster because of
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| | branded as a delicacy, lobster is
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| its huge abundance and easy
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| | featured all over the world on cooking
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| accessibility. Yes, it is hard to
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| | shows and prepared in exotic assortments
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| imagine, but there was a time when this
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| | in world-renowned restaurants. So enjoy
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| seafood delicacy was embarrassing to eat
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| | your "Scavenger of the Sea" or "Poor
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| and often shunned upon. You see, in the
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| | Man's Chicken," whatever you call
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| 1800's people with money could afford
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| | it….it's delicious!
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| healthy meat such as cattle and beef, but
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| | Top 13 Things to Know about Lobsters:
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| for people living along the coast,
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| | 1. Once lobsters catch their prey, they
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| lobster and other seafood were seen as a
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| | use the teeth in their stomachs for
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| cheap, attainable way to feed the mouths
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| | chewing
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| of their hungry families. Instead of
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| | 2. Summer and Fall are peak lobstering
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| throwing away lobster shells with the
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| | seasons
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| rest of their trash, colonial families
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| | 3. The largest lobster was found in Nova
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| dug holes in their backyard to dispose of
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| | Scotia in 1977 weighing 44lbs and 4 ft
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| the lobster shells in hopes that no one
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| | long
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| would notice last night's meal.
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| | 4. Maine is the largest lobster producing
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| Not only was lobster used for a poor
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| | state in the country
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| family's dinner, but for fish bait and
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| | 5. Lobsters "molt" or shed their shell
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| fertilizer for Native American crops.
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| | hundreds of times before their death
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| Lobster was so plentiful that they could
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| | 6. Lobsters' sense of smell is their
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| pile up to 2 feet high on the shores of
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| | greatest trait in helping them find food
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| Plymouth where people would gather them
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| | 7. For every 1 pound a lobster weighs,
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| by hand. These were not 2-pound lobsters
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| | they are 5-7 years of age
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| we are familiar with today, these
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| | 8. Lobsters are most closely related to
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| lobsters could weigh up to 40 pounds and
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| | the insect family
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| measure about 4 feet in length. They
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| | 9. Lobsters have no vocal chords
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| would crawl out the ocean's waves onto
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| | 10. Humans are the main predators of
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| the shore and lay there upon the
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| | lobster
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| thousands. Can you imagine if this was
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| | 11. A wild lobster will continue to grow
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| the case today? It would be impossible to
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| | its entire life
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| find a space on the beach!
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| | 12. Lobsters eat other lobsters
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| Needless to say, the degrading lobster
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| | 13. In bright light, a lobster is nearly
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| nicknames like, "Poor Man's Chicken" and
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| | blind
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| "Scavengers of the Sea" did not last
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| | Author Bio:
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| long. In the 1850's lobster trap fishing
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| | Jimmy Faro is the Owner of ( a division
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| became a profession where men would go
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| | of Constitution Seafood. A fourth
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| out and hunt for these scorpion related
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| | generation Lobster & Seafood New
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| species in boats that circulated salt
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| | Englander born in the business in a small
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| water to keep their lobsters alive and by
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| | seaside town in Massachusetts, he and the
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| 1885 the lobster industry was thriving
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| | staff at work directly with lobster boats
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| and selling for 10-12 cents a pound. Now,
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| | and seafood dealers from Maine to Rhode
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| everyone from New York to Chicago was
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| | Island to give you the freshest lobsters
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| enjoying Maine lobsters and expensive
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| | and seafood that you would expect from
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| restaurants were using them in their pies
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| | New England's pristine coast and pure
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| and sauces.
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| | cold Atlantic waters.
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