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Spices are new to most of the world outside of elites. Food used to be very bland for most people. Meat was super expensive for most people, it was hardly a ma
by oblio 3y ago
Spices are new to most of the world outside of elites. Food used to be very bland for most people.
Meat was super expensive for most people, it was hardly a mass market thing to be eaten every day.
I could go on and on :-)
Thomas Jefferson was an American elite. Americans have had it much better, or at least richer, than most of the rest of the world, for far longer.
- Retric 3y agoAgain new != more common. Peoples diets can change significantly even if the foods they eat doesn’t. That said meat was more common than generally portrayed. Fish has been a staple food in much of the world for a long time. Dramatically lower human population until recently means overfishing has largely been a more recent concern.