• Dasnap@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It changed people’s perception of food. They might’ve thought spices were too strong.

    40s and 50s food was simple to make and high in calories, like you’re trying to survive in a zombie apocalypse or something. My grandparents didn’t experience a lot of the post-war optimism a lot of the world seemed to have because Britain got fucked in a properly long-term way. Being an island that fought to the very end left it in a fairly unique position.

    Small history rant over.