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The old menus (from the 1800s), just read as much more healthy wholesome food. It seems that sometimes after the 50s, restaurant/dinner food quality took a di
by ardit33 5y ago
The old menus (from the 1800s), just read as much more healthy wholesome food. It seems that sometimes after the 50s, restaurant/dinner food quality took a dive and it looks like mass market food you find a groecery store now.
Recently, I remember in Williamsburg, there used to be a food/restaurant store where you could by home cooked style meals. Eg, greens, beans, turkey, brisket and other home style food. It was cheap and good.
Not sure what happened to those stores, but the replacements, that sell 'build your salad bowl' type of food feel more sterile and just not as good.
eg. There is a huge difference in taste between a good local burito place, then going to Chipoltle and such.
- rishikeshs 5y agoWhen the food became fast to make, the quality and nutrition value decreased!
- whathappenedto 5y agoI feel like more restaurants have been going with cheap wheat-based ingredients and heavy batter deep frying. The trend towards fried chicken sandwiches reduces the "meat" part of the sandwich only 50% meat. Happy hours consist of flatbreads, fries, sliders, artichoke dip (mostly oil, and chips to dip), egg rolls, bruschetta, wings with heavy breading, etc. Basically even medium-tier restaurants are evolving into bar and diner food, and making it seem like a trendy thing.
- syedkarim 5y agoThe old menus seem amazingly bland.
- readflaggedcomm 5y agoThey don't provide enough information to judge that.
- TheGigaChad 5y agoBut it lacks gluten free vegan dishes, that can be eaten with a mask on.
- kortilla 5y agoWhat is “wholesome” food? Sounds like a vague term to describe “things I like”.
- _delirium 5y agoThere's a category of restaurants that still exists in Greece (though admittedly on the decline) called a mageirion/magirio that sells home-style cooked food like pastitsio, stuffed peppers, moussaka, etc., usually from a limited rotating menu. Not sure what the closest U.S. equivalent would be... maybe a southern "meat and three" type place?
- userbinator 5y agoYou might think the food is more healthy, but life expectancy in the 1800s tells a very different story: https://www.infoplease.com/us/health-statistics/life-expectancy-age-1850-2011 https://www.infoplease.com/us/health-statistics/life-expecta... Advances in medicine probably contributed more to that, however.
- ipaddr 5y agoWashing hands, not working in a mill or mine or smelting place would be huge factors. Lower child births death is probably the biggest.