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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Someone was just telling me that several decades ago, chicken was more expensive than beef, and was considered something of a delicacy. And lobsters used to be so common in New England that settlers would gather them on the beach for use as fertilizer.
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Indeed, Massachusetts once passed laws limiting how much lobster could be served in the poor houses. While in England the poor lads were saying, "More Gruel, Please", here, the request was for a bit of drawn butter.
But I don't know what this has to do with midwifery.
