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White People in the 1600s (infosec.pub)
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[โ€“] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/03/26/394339284/how-snobbery-helped-take-the-spice-out-of-european-cooking

Tl;Dr: Spice was a status symbol but colonialism made it more widely available so aristocrats started looking down on it. Got obsessed with gravies instead since it didn't "defile" the original flavor of ingredients. This eventually disseminated throughout European culture, blandifying everything. Also meat is manly (lmao).

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Interesting!