7 Bizarre Dishes on Victorian Dinner Tables You’d Probably Hate

Crimped fish

Well, there are many people who prefer to eat fish and consider it a delicacy at the same time, especially when it comes to salmon. So, there is nothing strange about dishes that contain various types of fish. However, what many people don’t know is that the Victorian people had a different way of preparing fish that is considered bizarre and weird nowadays. In fact, many animal lovers and cooks consider this cooking method a sort of animal cruelty.

For example, the cooks of the Victorian era considered that the fish did not have firm flesh if it was not cut into their sides with a knife until it was crimped (especially cod because it was consumed the most during those times). This method was practiced while the fish was still alive, leaving it struggling for its life.