Posting pictures of the foods people enjoy seems to be one of the most popular uses of Facebook lately. Recently one acquaintance bragged about eating lobster at a fancy restaurant, posted a photo and commented, 鈥淚 wonder what the poor people are eating tonight?鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 That comment made me smile and I wondered if the person posting knew that at one time no self-respecting individual would have gloated about eating this modern-day delicacy. That鈥檚 because 200 years ago lobster was the food of poor people, indentured servants and lower society. In fact, British POW鈥檚 during the Revolutionary War supposedly revolted after being fed too much lobster. (Apparently prisoners complaining about the food being served is nothing new.)
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Poor people, in an effort to hide the shame of having to eat lobster, would bury the shells in the backyard and thus it became known as a good fertilizer for the soil. Yet today we don鈥檛 hesitate to let everyone know that we enjoyed some lobster and post pictures so that everyone else can drool over our good fortune. I guess it鈥檚 part of getting our money鈥檚 worth!
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I, myself, have never been an avid consumer of this succulent shellfish. Don鈥檛 get me wrong, I love lobster. What鈥檚 not to love about those sweet morsels of meat dipped in hot butter? It鈥檚 just that鈥� how do I put this in polite terms? Eating lobster always seems to give me gas.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 And nothing ruins an evening of fine dining more than a bloated stomach and having to excuse myself from the table several times to make sure I don鈥檛 accidentally break wind while laughing at a friend鈥檚 joke. Now that would put a damper on any evening, never mind one where I am trying to be a perfect lady!
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 However, despite the possibility of this potential humiliation, I have been giving serious consideration to ordering lobster at our next evening out. Why would I risk it, you might wonder? Well, I just read that lobsters do not age in the traditional sense and that their organs do not degenerate.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 If eating this delicacy can do for me what it does for the lobster and stave off the effects of aging, then I鈥檓 in! Besides, I can always pop a few Bean-O pills before the meal and hope for the best.
