Today's luxuries are yesterday's fertilizer. Isn't it strange how time changes our perception of a product's value?
David Cheskin
Did you know that lobsters and oysters were once considered fit only for the poor, or that chicken was seen as a luxury?
Here's a run-down of some of the luxuries of yesteryear that are now commonplace and some surprising examples of things we pay through the nose for today that were deemed only fit for the poorest people in the land.
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