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stickly@lemmy.world 1 day agoAgain, 90% of the world doesn’t live in the culinary cradle that is the Mediterranean Sea and Fertile Crescent while also having the funds to support a diverse and interesting diet. About 30% of the world is food insecure. Rice, wheat and maize alone are about 2/3 of human caloric intake. 15 crops account for 90% of all human energy intake.
Food as hobby or art or cultural distinction is a rich country game. If you’re going to exclude special occasion (or “rich person”) food then you’re deluding yourself to think that food in the USA is worse than any but a handful of countries.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
interesting how you’re defense is implying that the richest nation in the world, the US, is a food insecure country.
stickly@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Not sure where you’re reading that into my comment, the USA is right up there with most developed countries. Using that as a proxy for “culinary development” it’s in the mix with most European countries (coincidentally slightly above Spain by 2/3 metrics).
So you either subjectively hate USA cuisine for some reason or are unfairly comparing the two (eg. Average meal in Madrid vs
NYCMidwest McDonalds)IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I just miss when produce tasted like produce without needing to find a gentrified farmers market and pay exorbitant prices for a tomato.
good food is the bare minimum standard, not a luxury