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HOW ‘BACON AND EGGS’ BECAME THE AMERICAN BREAKFAST (www.americantable.org)

posted 2 years ago by Skywise 2 years ago by Skywise +18 / -3

How ‘Bacon and Eggs’ Became the American Breakfast

Bacon for breakfast seems as American as apple pie. And certainly bacon has been a staple to the American diet since the colonial period. Pigs are relatively easy to domesticate, and the brining/sa…

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– MassivePecorino 14 points 2 years ago +14 / -0

Lobsters used to be fed to dockworkers and manual laborers by the wheel barrow load, because they were considered oceanic cockroaches and unworthy of being eaten by the upper classes.

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– dagthegnome 12 points 2 years ago +12 / -0

To be fair, lobsters and other shellfish are all bottom feeders, so if they come from a polluted area they're not very good for you.

Also, have you ever really looked at a lobster? Like, really looked at one? I wouldn't fucking want to eat that. Even if it could make me technically immortal.

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– MassivePecorino 2 points 2 years ago +2 / -0

I mean, I prefer to not eat things that sit on the bottom of the ocean and scavenge, so I am with you.

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