Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "How the extinction of a species affected whiskey production" video.

Many thanks for this video. I knew something of the Passenger Pigeons fate and how it came about but not in such detail. A fate similar to the buffalo but at least some of them survived. It reminded me of the British oyster. If I said that last night I was eating oysters you may think I am well to do. But 200 years ago that was the diet of the very poorest of the poor. It was so common that in many country houses every meal for the servants would have been oysters, morning, noon and night. Apprentices had a clause in their contracts stating you could only feed them oysters for so many meals in a week. Now it is regarded as a luxury food. Another point which may interest you. 200 years ago your oysters would been accompanied by claret, then a poor mans drinks. How times have changed.
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