On Sat, 17 Dec 2016 15:24:21 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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>
>On Friday, December 16, 2016 at 6:27:50 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2016-12-16 11:01 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>> > On Friday, December 16, 2016 at 3:15:52 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
>> >> dsi1 wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> There's no reason to think that the foods in the UK will be the
>> >>> same as it is now. The foods will be transformed by the
>> >>> sociological, economic, and environmental, conditions of the
>> >>> time. A hundred years from now it's going to be totally changed.
>> >>> They may still have fish and chips but my guess is that the
>> >>> "fish" will be assembled by nano-bots.
>> >> ------------------------
>> >>
>> >> LOL. WTH is wrong with you? ;-D
>> >
>> > My guess is that you're not eating the same foods that Americans
>> > were eating a hundred years ago. You might believe that but you
>> > ain't. My guess is that you're not eating the same foods that
>> > Americans were eating 50 years ago.
>>
>> That is probably sort of possibly true. I would venture that most
>> Americans a hundred years ate a diet of things that some Americans still
>> eat, like beef, pork, chicken, turkey, bacon, eggs, ham, corn, potatoes,
>> tomatoes, carrots, onions, beans, peas etch. Descendants of those
>> Americans probably still eat a lot of those things, but thanks to
>> refrigeration and improved transportation, we now have almost year round
>> access to fresh fruits and vegetables. \
>>
>> When I was a kid the fresh produce section of the grocery store was tiny
>> and had only seasonal products. Most of the fruit and vegetables we had
>> were canned. Any dinner saw at least two cans opened.
>>
>> Thanks again to modern transportation we now also have access to things
>> we never used to be able to get. Produce sections not only have more of
>> the stuff we are used to, but they have all sorts of imported things
>> that he used to only read about or ate when we were travelling.
>>
>> Then there is the ethnic shift. The US and Canada have have massive
>> immigration from other countries and the immigrants have brought their
>> native cuisine.
>>
>> My guess is that you're not
>> > eating the same foods that you did during the 80's or even 90's. I
>> > sure ain't. Perhaps you've been in a coma for the last decade or so.
>> > Welcome back, the world has changed since you were out. For one
>> > thing, only old farts posting on Usenet use "LOL" these days.
>> >
>> > https://www.wired.com/2016/12/google...ing-car-waymo/
>> >
>
>I can remember some of what I ate 50 years ago.
>Burgers and fries
>Fish sticks
>Pot roast
>Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy
>Baked ham
>Fried chicken
>Scrambled eggs
>Pan-fried whitefish
>Canned green beans
>Lots of macaroni with butter, salt, and pepper.
>
>Yes, I eat a lot more vegetables now, and I've substituted
>lower-calorie preps for all of that frying, and have much
>more adventurous recipes, but it's still beef, chicken, pork,
>and some fish.
>
>We started out talking about food production technology, not
>exotic recipes.
>
>100 years ago, it was beef, chicken, pork, and some fish.
>
>
>Cindy Hamilton
>
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>
>I am still making now, many of the foods my Grandmother cooked when I was a
>young child, so I guess some of those foods and recipes went back around 100
>years)

Here too, going to make some mince pies presently, with my
grandmothers mincemeat recipe I made earlier in the year. I also use
her chutney recipe, she wrote at the end, add plenty of garlic that
way the boys take less