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Climate change is going to cause people in wealthy countries to rediscover all sorts of foods they would previously have spurned. I find it interesting that th
by gumby 3y ago
Climate change is going to cause people in wealthy countries to rediscover all sorts of foods they would previously have spurned.
I find it interesting that the "famine culture" (eat "everything but the squeak") has survived in chinese cuisine despite the rise in wealth -- perhaps due to the rapidity of the rise.
In any case, the available choices will be different, and probably fewer.
- fragmede 3y agoIt's all about framing. Lobster was previously a poor person's dish, suitable only for prisoners, slaves, and servants. Servants even made moves to limit the amount of lobster they could be fed. And then it became a luxury food. Kale also became popular thanks to marketing.