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I would love to know what food tasted like 100 or 1,000 years ago. It was probably gross and horrible for most of humanity back then, so perhaps narrow the samp
by ianmcgowan 6y ago
I would love to know what food tasted like 100 or 1,000 years ago. It was probably gross and horrible for most of humanity back then, so perhaps narrow the sample to whatever the 1% were eating. Though I probably don't really know what the 1% are eating now, so maybe it's comparing two impossible things..
- Jack000 6y agoAgrarian cultures probably ate a lot healthier than modern people, simply by virtue of not having heavily processed foods. Preindustrial societies also didn't have to deal with heavy metals in seafood or arsenic in rice.
- Jack000 6y agosurprised this is so controversial. Anyone mind explaining why you disagree?
- Baeocystin 6y agoThis is an excellent video on what English peasants ate during Medieval times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeVcey0Ng-w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeVcey0Ng-w The short of it is that they ate much better than most of us would have expected!
- narag 6y agoI remember how much better chicken and eggs tasted fifty years ago. Sometimes I try "eco" or "bio" but no resemblance. In my hometown it's still possible to find people that grows them in their backyard but, apart from that, it's a lost taste.