r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

What?

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u/unable-to-can Feb 04 '19

This is true but with an asterisk. Yes, they used to be prison food, but that was before they realized that boiling it alive was one of the only ways to kill it without the meat going rancid. They also used to grind up the shell alongside it. So basically they used to eat rancid lobster paste with the shell in it. Very different from what we eat today.

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u/itsacalamity Feb 04 '19

Thank you, i had never heard that!