• DaddleDew
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    Lobster, caviar, mussels, oysters, sushi, ribs, fondue, raclette… They all started as poor people’s dishes

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      And only became associated with luxury due to the insane costs of producing and shipping them at scale. Well, for the seafood anyways.

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        Shipping used to be the hard part. Eating caviar in Russia in a place with sturgeons nearby was easy enough, serving it at a fancy diner in Berlin or Paris involved insane logistics for the time.

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        Don’t forget the scarcity through over extracting! Nothing says luxury like near extinction.