On 2021-05-08 6:36 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 5/8/2021 4:02 PM, US Janet wrote:
>
>> I prefer that spinach/artichoke dip as well.
>> Why do food items go out of fashion?Â*Â*Â* That is a shame.
>> Janet US
>>
> I truly don't think there's any such thing as food going out of fashion.
> Â*There are "food fads", of course, but some things will always taste
> good.Â* Just because it doesn't show up on a restaurant menu... well
> heck, I don't eat out often.Â* I sure don't let what is trendy on some
> menu dictate what I eat.
>

I think that things change slowly over time as we gain access to new
ingredients. Take Italian food as an example. We associate it with
pasta, tomatoes and hot peppers, and those things are all imports. The
noodles are supposed to have come from Asia, and tomatoes and hot
peppers came from South America, so they were unknown in Italy until the
1500s. Potatoes are a major part of European diets, and they are another
import from the Americas.

One of my favourite desserts when I was a kid was Junket. I have not
seen that stuff in a grocery store in more than 49 years.