Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Lunchtime in Maine

I recently went to lunch in a little working harbor here in Maine.  It was very picturesque, the weather was beautiful, and the restaurant was right on a dock servicing local lobstermen.  So you could watch lobstermen unload their catch while you downed a freshly cooked one upstairs. 

Here comes the gotcha: this year, there is a glut of lobsters, so at around $2 a pound for the lobstermen at the dock, they are barely making fuel money.  Upstairs, THAT SAME DOCK is charging we touristas $14 for a lobster roll, using perhaps 1/2 a pound of meat.

Ahh, America.

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