"ASmith1946" > wrote

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

Tasteless? I must demur. (Could the ability to taste the sublimity of
lobster be a genetic thing, perhaps?)

> 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.

Oysters in any form make me gag. As a kid I remember going to bed hungry one
night after refusing to eat an "oyster stew".

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