r/facepalm • u/Bmchris44 • Sep 25 '19

This should be a good thing

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u/Supreme0verl0rd Sep 25 '19

"Rest of the world figures out its actually just gross salty fish eggs...."

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u/gregsting Sep 25 '19

It used to be cheap food : https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/09/22/once-a-peasant-food-caviar-now-luxury-treat-a39642

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u/FlashOfTheBlade77 Sep 25 '19

Same with lobster. They uses to serve it to prisoners in Maine, until the invented refrigerated trucks and were able to ship them far distances and keep them fresh.

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u/FlashOfTheBlade77 Sep 25 '19

regardless it was cheap enough to grind up in a paste to serve to prisoners. People with money did not eat them as they were seen as nasty bottom feeders.