Friends who grew up in rural Nova Scotia remember the same thing: Lobster were bugs of the sea, poor man's food.
Well, to me they are still bugs of the sea. Vile, really.
Well, to me they are still bugs of the sea. Vile, really.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR5yWTf2ajE&t=4m33s
tl;dw westward expansion in North America meant people were increasingly living in areas without plentiful lobster -> refrigeration and canning made shipping lobster west possible -> lobster was fished heavily to meet demand -> lobster populations declined -> rare lobster means expensive lobster