Great read. What % of the common dishes we eat were invented within the last hundred or two hundred years, do you think? For example, quotes from wikipedia:
* The names pasta alla carbonara and spaghetti alla carbonara are unrecorded before the Second World War.
* The hamburger as it is known today has multiple invention claims ranging between 1885 and 1904
* Ciabatta bread was first produced in 1982
My Swedish MIL says she remembers seeing a pizza for the first time in about 1973 or so. Although to be fair, the Roman soldiers had known about that one two thousand years earlier.
Great read. What % of the common dishes we eat were invented within the last hundred or two hundred years, do you think? For example, quotes from wikipedia:
* The names pasta alla carbonara and spaghetti alla carbonara are unrecorded before the Second World War.
* The hamburger as it is known today has multiple invention claims ranging between 1885 and 1904
* Ciabatta bread was first produced in 1982
My Swedish MIL says she remembers seeing a pizza for the first time in about 1973 or so. Although to be fair, the Roman soldiers had known about that one two thousand years earlier.
Always thought that casserole looked like upchuck. A waste of green beans and extra effort.
Personally, I agree...