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Ice cream was initially a dessert only the rich could afford. Now it's for everyone. Except, of course, in communist wonderlands like Cuba or Venezuela...
by nickpp 6y ago
Ice cream was initially a dessert only the rich could afford. Now it's for everyone. Except, of course, in communist wonderlands like Cuba or Venezuela...
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoChips and crisps used to be a delicacy. Can't see how that would be exclusive to the rich though, the components (potatoes and hot fat) are (and were) pretty commonplace.
- iguy 6y agoDeep fried anything used to be a luxury, because calories were expensive, and a whole pot of boiling oil is a lot of calories. IIRC, southern fried chicken in the US descends from cooking styles that only the aristocrats of western England could afford. Which their 2nd sons (or rather, their 2nd son's cooks) brought along to Virginia.
- awiesenhofer 6y agoIce cream is huge in Cuba and similarly affordable as in every other country https://www.mashed.com/220283/the-strange-story-of-ice-cream-in-cuba/ https://www.mashed.com/220283/the-strange-story-of-ice-cream...
- nickpp 6y agoBut the state-made one sucks https://qz.com/1320584/ice-cream-in-cuba-reveals-the-growing-class-divide-between-rich-and-poor/ https://qz.com/1320584/ice-cream-in-cuba-reveals-the-growing...