10 Fancy Foods Everyone Were Thinking

Eating oysters is not easy. First you need to pry them out of the rock. Then you need to pry it off without cutting off your finger. Then you have to suppress your gag reflex and suck out the slimy goodness. Imagine doing this in the days before chilled oysters were served with a generous amount of sauce.

But oysters were once so abundant, cheap and easy to obtain that they were a staple food for the poor and desperate. Dumping large amounts of pollutants into the water has led to alarming declines in oyster populations and increased prices. And all of a sudden, wealthy people are asking what is this expensive thing that we aren’t eating? This is why it has become an expensive meal for some people.