[Lee Stewart]

You'd never guess it today but one of the priciest dishes on fancy menus—lobster—used to be so universally disliked that it was only seen fit to feed to prisoners. And even then there were laws restricting how many days in a row they could have it, lest their punishment be considered too harsh. The reason for the dislike was that they didn't cook them long enough. They were being served half cooked/half raw.