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Home-cooked meals are actually the aberration. Back in the old days (before the 1950s), the poor didn't have kitchens, hence the proliferation of street foods
by nickff 7y ago
Home-cooked meals are actually the aberration. Back in the old days (before the 1950s), the poor didn't have kitchens, hence the proliferation of street foods such as pizza and their ancient Roman antecedents.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoAlthough it should be noted that modern American regulations make it very challenging to run the kind of low-cost "random guy with a cart" stands that historically provided street food.
- nickff 7y agoVery true, and I also read that income taxes were one reason for people doing things themselves, because income taxes discourage 'outsourcing' household tasks. The example used in that article (which I can't find right now) was that people paint their own houses more in places with higher income taxes.
- talentedcoin 7y agoFair enough. Don’t think those poor ancient Romans were eating in restaurants either though, wasn’t it more of a communal kitchen setup? https://www.reference.com/world-view/did-romans-cook-prepare-food-ce5672a294406382 https://www.reference.com/world-view/did-romans-cook-prepare...
- empath75 7y agoDepends how far you want to go back and where they live. Most people throughout history have had the ability to make bread and soup on a fire or something similar to that.
- x86_64Ubuntu 7y agoMy family had kitchens. They were black southerners living in rural hog and tobacco land. But still, they had means to cook their food.
- ardit33 7y agoWe are talking about Roman era urban setting. A kitchen was a luxury for most common folks in urban eras. Most poor people would go to a local shop, and eat cooked millet/grains or rarely meat (usually chicken, as beef was a luxury), and lots of local fruit/veggies. In the country-side, yes, there were kitchens/places to cook home, or often outside the main home. (barn style of a place, dedicated to cooking).