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My favorite salmon fact is that salmon was really common in the West European rivers. They aren't there anymore due to damming, watermills and other industriali
by interactivecode 4y ago
My favorite salmon fact is that salmon was really common in the West European rivers. They aren't there anymore due to damming, watermills and other industrialization slowing down the rivers causing them to contain more mud and sand rather than rocks.
https://historiek.net/komt-watermolen-deed-nederlandse-zalm-de-das-om/60756/ https://historiek.net/komt-watermolen-deed-nederlandse-zalm-...
I've heard from multiple sources that even some old professions had rules about how often they can be force to eat salmon. For example this source talks about how messengers are protected and are only allowed to eat salmon 2-3 times a week. I've seen similar rules in an old dutch servants cook book.
http://www.gestolengrootmoeder.nl/wordpress/dienstboden-wilden-niet-meer-dan-drie-keer-per-week-zalm-eten-echt/ http://www.gestolengrootmoeder.nl/wordpress/dienstboden-wild...
- ljf 4y agoSo fascinating how quickly things change. Only 150 years ago lobster was the food of the poor in the UK.
- headsoup 4y agoAnd in Australia. And chicken was rich person food
- denton-scratch 4y agoAnd in UK. Back in the sixties, in my fairly well-off bourgeois family, chicken was a rare treat. And even now, not all chicken is cheap; I don't know how much poulet de Bresse costs in France, but it's pretty pricey here.
- vintermann 4y agoI'm pretty sure refrigeration played a major role in making fish less of a poor people's food.