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White People in the 1600s (infosec.pub)
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[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

English upper-class food used to use a lot of spices precisely because of the foreign, expensive, and exclusive implications.

Probably has something to do with 19th century nationalism or something, idk.

[โ€“] benignintervention@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

I thought I read somewhere that part of it was also due to culinary changes during WWII supply shortages, but I can't immediately confirm