> primary source that said this?
>
>The farmers of Prince Edward Island, well-known for its lobsters,
>never ate them, but picked up beached ones and ground them into the
>soil as fertilizer. Tourism made lobsters an industry commodity.

In Colonial America, the lobster was considered a hunger food. They were eaten
when necessary and were not considered a delicacy. BTW, there were early
reports of lobsters that were 6 feet in length, but one account claimed that
the smaller lobsters tasted better.

I have never understood why lobsters became so important during the 1950s in
America. They are essentially tasteless without sauces.

Oysters, on the other hand, were so common in New York during colonial times
that they were considered both a delicacy and food for the poor.

Andy Smith