Did You Know? (National Lobster Day)

That yesterday was National Lobster Day?  Who knew, and if I had, I would have posted this yesterday after I took these shots.  Also, did you know that Joey C., creator and driving force behind Good Morning Gloucester, is a lobster broker (seller of lobsters)?  I’ve realized in my daily discussions with people about Good Morning Gloucester, that many people do not know this fact.  He doesn’t talk about it on the blog because he doesn’t want people to think he is using the blog for his own personal gain.  I however am a contributor to the blog, whose mission is to let people know about things they may not know.  If you are a lover of this prehistoric crustacean, boiled with plenty of drawn butter, baked or stuffed, with linguine, Newberg, Thermidor, bisque, on a roll or in a salad, Captain Joe & Sons, 95 East Main Street, Gloucester is the place to get your lobster (its where all the finest restaurants get their’s), and say hey to Joey.  To me, lobster is quintessential New England summer fare – a summer without lobster is like a summer without sunshine. 

Also, did you know that the American lobster did not achieve popularity until the mid-19th century, when New Yorkers and Bostonians developed a taste for it?  Prior to this time, lobster was considered a mark of poverty or as a food for indentured servants or lower members of society in Maine, Massachusetts and the Canadian Maritimes, and servants specified in employment agreements that they would not eat lobster more than twice per week. American lobster was initially deemed worthy only of being used as fertilizer or fish bait, and it was not until well into the twentieth century that it was viewed as more than a low-priced canned staple food.  How far you’ve come dear, delectable lobster!

E.J. Lefavour

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