2026-01-05 15:47 UTC
Replies (3)
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@DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works 2026-01-05 15:57
40-50 smackers is an unreasonable price for lobster roll. I also wouldn’t be impressed for that price.
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@toynbee@lemmy.world 2026-01-05 16:02
I’ve never had lobster roll - or indeed lobster - but from the name I imagined it to be lobster rolled up in something like a pig in a blanket (though I’ve heard that varies from place to place as well; my variant is just a hot dog rolled up in a croissant). I was pretty disappointed the first time someone around me ordered one and it was just lobster in a roll … Though I admit it makes sense.
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@OshagHennessey@lemmy.world 2026-01-05 16:23
The popularity of lobster rolls mostly comes from a time, not so long ago, when eating lobster and shrimp was on about the same level as eating crickets. People in the Northeast would catch them for export. Poor kids brought lobster rolls to school, rich kids brought baloney sandwiches or Oscar Mayer hot dogs. Eventually, people decided lobster was a “luxury” food so now you get these tiny little lobster rolls for absurb prices. Hard to understand how they’d attract any new fans today.