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Before becoming a definitive luxury dining symbol, which high-end seafood was literally fed to prison inmates as a cheap punishment?

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Before becoming a definitive luxury dining symbol, which high-end seafood was literally fed to prison inmates as a cheap punishment?

Before becoming a definitive luxury dining symbol, which high-end seafood was literally fed to prison inmates as a cheap punishment?
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