Dee Randall wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:39:04 -0600, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>> In this show he talks about how back in the 1950's everyone was
>>>> encouraged to eat, eat, eat... clean your plate!
>>>> Remember those starving kids in China!
>>>
>>> That is sooo true! We had to sit at the table until we finished
>>> every scrap. You also need to remember that we were raised by
>>> people who lived through the great Depression, so they had a
>>> different attitude
>>> due to that experience.
>>
>> Yeah, but this is also the generation that showed films in school on
>> how to
>> "duck and cover" under a school desk in case of a nuclear blast.
>> Yeah, huddling under that crappy wooden desk is gonna help. LOL
>>
>> I have total respect for people who had to make do during the 1930's
>> American Depression. I've said here before, my father used to pick
>> dandylion greens for dinner. To this day he won't eat greens of any
>> kind. He calls greens "poor people's food". It reminds him of when
>> they were dirt
>> poor. It's okay with me; I get his share of turnip greens
>>
>> Jill
>
> My how things change:
> For lobster lovers only (others won't care):
>
> "It's interesting that lobsters have come to be regarded as a luxury
> food, primarily eaten by wealthy people. Lobster as gourmet food is
> actually a fairly recent phenomena. Lobsters used to be
> extraordinarily plentiful when the settlers first came to North
> America. In fact, indentured servants in the early colonies often had
> "lobster clauses" in their service contracts specifying that they
> wouldn't have to eat lobster more than 3 times a week!" From
> http://zoneperfect.com/Site/content/...il.asp?id=5528
> Dee Dee

I have to think the first people to eat lobsters observed sea birds and
other animals (beavers, marmots, etc.) not afraid of water catching them and
eating them. Hence, they became part of our diet. Same thing with mussels,
clams, shrimp, etc. Why else would anyone think to eat something looking
like that? LOL

Jill