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Sonya
\n Thomas, of Alexandria, Va., eats lobster on her way to winning the
\n World Lobster Eating Championship, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004, in Kennebunk,
\n Maine. Thomas ate 9.76 pounds, the equivalent of 38 lobsters, in 12
\n minutes. (AP Photo\/Robert F. Bukaty)<\/p>\n
At the conclusion of our current four-week commitment However, lobsters were not always held in such high from AP<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sonya Thomas, of Alexandria, Va., eats lobster on her way to winning the World Lobster Eating Championship, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004, in Kennebunk, Maine. Thomas ate 9.76 pounds, the equivalent of 38 lobsters, in 12 minutes. (AP Photo\/Robert F. Bukaty) … Continue reading
\n to a dozen teenaged Japanese small-town business undergraduates. we
\n are looking forward to spending a few days with the Dowbrigade Mom,
\n loyal reader and insightful commenter, up in Downeast Maine. While
\n there, we will inevitably have a number of close encounters with the
\n red crustaceans. Although fresh lobsters are available all up and down
\n the
\n Eastern seaboard,
\n they somehow seem more succulent in Maine. This is probably an illusory
\n effect created by the persistent marketing campaign run by the
\n Maine
\n Tourism Board to associate the state with delicious critters, but knowing
\n that makes them no less delicious. <\/em><\/p>\n
\n esteem. From the Colonial period until the early 20th century, people
\n in Boston thought the King of Crustaceans was considered fit only
\n for pig food and fertilizer. In fact, local legend holds that during
\n the
\n 1700’s
\n there were prison riots at the Colonial-era prison on an Island in
\n Boston Harbor because the prisoners rebelled against a steady diet
\n of – Lobster.
\n They probably scrimped on the drawn butter.
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