My first response here is that 'Jesus christo this is a fricking long article!!!" Outside of that, I liked the way the author tied the gigantic Texas State Fair-like Maine festival into a discussion about the culture of the past, the culture of now, and potentially the culture of the future. A bit of history is all and well, but a bit of history with a side serving of social class history - that's even better.
Funny how traditions and low-vs-high class food changes - I wonder if the tops of the tops would think if what they pay so much for, used to be enjoyed by those at their feet. Equality in mealtime, that's what I like.
But I guess the argument here is the "cooked alive" part, which isn't readily accessible to people of all social classes unless you're in Maine...or somewhere similar. At this point of the article though, I can't help but mention my consistent thoughts of ALARM BELL OVERFISHING???? Which also leads to the idea of lobster farming - which may be a different subject than this article was intending. I shall find out.
And there is the point of it - cooking animals alive for our own pleasure. I do admit, I had (and may still have) similar withholdings - I used to watch my mom cook crab, and she would always buy them cheap but fresh and undoubtedly alive from the asian supermarket, and until dinnertime, or whenever she cooked it, every time I opened the fridge, I would be greeted by the scratchy sounds of claws moving against a brown paper bag. I have since gotten used to it- or maybe 'hardened my heart' would be the correct term for those animal activists.
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