On Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 12:17:03 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> On Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 6:55:09 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 11:45:32 AM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Friday, December 16, 2016 at 1:27:50 PM UTC-10, 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/
> > > > >
> > >
> > > As far as what people ate a hundred years ago, technology certainly did
> > > change everything. The most important being our ability to bind nitrogen into
> > > a form that can be used as a fertilizer. It has been estimated that half the
> > > population of this planet are living because of this discovery.
> > >
> > > It's like the wild, wild, West on this rock. Everything has changed from 50
> > > years ago. Yesterday I cooked lemongrass chicken, made with boneless,
> > > skinless, chicken thighs. This form of chicken did not exist back in the 60's
> > > but it's trending these days. Back in the old days, we had saimin and sushi
> > > but we didn't have ramen or pho or sushi as it is served these days. We
> > > didn't have Thai or Vietnamese curry or Thai or Vietnamese anything. No
> > > Korean or Filipino foods either.
> > >
> > > Back in the early 80's a group of Hawaiian chefs set out to change the way
> > > the people on this rock saw food. They succeeded and as a result, the fallout
> > > from that will change how people on the mainland will eat i.e., Hawaii will
> > > be at the forefront of foodie trends in N. America. These days, the kids are
> > > eating raw fish as a meal and they're loving it. Hoo boy!
> >
> > You don't seem to discriminate between "we'll be making food with
> > nanobots" and "we've discovered lemongrass". Can't you be more
> > precise? You don't make a case for nanobots by mentioning
> > lemongrass.
> >
> > In any event, I've been using lemongrass and eating raw fish
> > since the 1970s, in the wilds of Michigan. It's old news.
> > You write as if you're 20 years old and have no experience
> > of the world.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> Oh, I see, you invented lemongrass and eating raw fish in Michigan in the 70's. Astounding!

No. But you contention that lemongrass is cutting edge cuisine is
simply misinformed. You live in a culinary bubble.

Cindy Hamilton