Yes actually... it was one of the things I researched when I found out it was on the list.
"Lobster, much as today, was considered especially elegant and appropriate food for lovers, being an aphrodisiac. There is a common perception that lobster was considered a poor man's food, and this many have been in the case in colonial New England but not back in Europe. In fact English man-about-town Samuel Pepys's diary records than an elegant dinner he thew in 1663 included a fricassee of rabbit and chickens, carp, lamb, pigeons, various pies and four lobsters..Lobster was cooked either by roasting, boiling or by removing the meat from the shell and cooking it separately." ---Food in Early Modern Europe, Ken Albala [Greenwood Press:Westport CT] 2003 (p. 75)
There are many recipes for lobster, but they usually involve boiling, removing from the shell,sprinkling with vinegar and serving cold, or as part of a "sallad".
Seeing how it is one of the more expensive ingredients on the list, I am reserving it for above the salt.
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Date: 2009-10-07 05:11 pm (UTC)"Lobster, much as today, was considered especially elegant and appropriate food for lovers, being an aphrodisiac. There is a common perception that lobster was considered a poor man's food, and this many have been in the case in colonial New England but not back in Europe. In fact English man-about-town Samuel Pepys's diary records than an elegant dinner he thew in 1663 included a fricassee of rabbit and chickens, carp, lamb, pigeons, various pies and four lobsters..Lobster was cooked either by roasting, boiling or by removing the meat from the shell and cooking it separately."
---Food in Early Modern Europe, Ken Albala [Greenwood Press:Westport CT] 2003 (p. 75)
There are many recipes for lobster, but they usually involve boiling, removing from the shell,sprinkling with vinegar and serving cold, or as part of a "sallad".
Seeing how it is one of the more expensive ingredients on the list, I am reserving it for above the salt.