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Proof that humans will eat anything that lives underwater if you call it a delicacy.
means Edible fish, shellfish, and other creatures harvested from the sea or other waters.
from A straightforward 19th-century compound of 'sea' plus 'food' — English just stuck the two words together to distinguish ocean fare from meat on land. No hidden trick here: the word is exactly as literal as it looks, which is almost disappointing given how much marketing has been built on top of it.
- word scope
- technically excludes nothing that swims or filters water
- biggest producer
- china farms more seafood than it catches
- oyster logic
- eaten alive, judged only on freshness
- lobster history
- once prisoner food, now luxury entree