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> It was in fact considered food for poor people which is quite strange since it was imported from far places.

Well, so was lobster at one point...



As a matter of fact the two stories are related, because code is one of lobster's main natural predators and overfishing of the former led to an overpopulation of the latter.


Necessity being the mother of invention, that's a common theme to the more traditional cuisines.




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