Comment on 5k menus from the New York Public Library’s Buttolph Collection (1880-1920)parentComments−anarticle2moI would have guessed nutrition, we live an in age of vitamins and fortified foods. You can get a lot of zinc and other metals from clams and oysters.−npinsker2moYes, oysters used to be extremely cheap and popular (and nutritious); that's probably the main reason.−jambalaya82moOysters helped prevent goiter due to their high iodine content.
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I would have guessed nutrition, we live an in age of vitamins and fortified foods. You can get a lot of zinc and other metals from clams and oysters.
Yes, oysters used to be extremely cheap and popular (and nutritious); that's probably the main reason.
Oysters helped prevent goiter due to their high iodine content.