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It's wild to think that the foods we eat regularly in the US today weren't even a thing a couple of decades ago. Recently, someone asked older folks over on the r/AskOldPeople subreddit to share some of the foods that weren't commonly available in their youth that they love to eat now. Here are a few they mentioned that were hard to come by back in the day.
2. "Hummus." — hey_gmane "Yes! My first exposure to hummus was as a teen in the '80s.
I was at a festival and went to get some food from the vendor area. The young woman serving my sandwich asked if I wanted it with hummus. I thought she meant humus as if she would put dirt on my sandwich.
Ever the adventurer, I said sure! It was so delicious to my 16-year-old palate." — Radiant_Location_636 4. "Yogurt.
We only had Dannon plain yogurt with fruit on the bottom and tons of sugar." — Suitable-Lawyer-9397 "I remember seeing ads on TV for yogurt in the '60s. The commercial showed people skiing down snowy mountains and claimed it was refreshingly delicious.
I begged my mother to purchase some, which she did. I tried it and immediately announced that it was the most vile, sour pudding that I ever tasted." — WillontheHill77 6.
"Sushi, nigiri, and sashimi. If I told my 16-year-old self that I love raw fish and wasabi soy sauce, he would laugh in my face." — spicyface "Sushi was new (to us) in the '90s.
We were at a fancy restaurant at that time, and someone ordered a roll as an appetizer. My buddy thought the wasabi was guacamole and ate the whole wad on a tortilla chip. Yowza! We still laugh about it.
" — DSCN__034 8. "My brother became a vegetarian in 1985, and there weren't a lot of options back then. Going out anywhere was a nightmare — even pasta places had meat in all their sauces.
There are so many options now." — Dull-Crew1428 "Oh my gosh. I've been a vegetarian my whole life.
The availability of vegetarian options is a MASSIVE difference from my childhood. I went from a life of mostly eating french fries and side salads at a lot of restaurants to now having veggie burgers or something substantial, even in really rural areas." — spider_hugs 10.
"Olive oil. We used lard." — reddragongems2012 "Mom kept a can of bacon grease under the sink.
That was the lard substitute." — ArdRi6 12. "Salmon.
I grew up on the East Coast, and we had only East Coast fish in the stores: flounder, spot, whiting, croaker, etc. I went to the Seattle area in high school and got my first taste of salmon. I ate salmon steaks every night for dinner that trip, but it was several years before they were sold in any store at home.
" — Tatworth 14. "I'd say the flavored seltzer water market is pretty massive now. I don't remember anything beyond club soda and tonic water being around when I was younger.
" — DamnGoodMarmalade 16. "I grew up in the '50s and '60s, and there were no Mexican restaurants, let alone food like tortillas or avocados in grocery stores." — Straight_Coconut_317 "I grew up in Southern California in the '60s and '70s.
I don't remember the first time that I ate it because it was everywhere, but my cousins who visited from New Jersey sure did. On the flip side, I remember I first had Italian food (that wasn't pizza) when visiting them on the East Coast." — General-Heart4787 18.
"Produce in winter still seems like a treat." — HoselRockit 20. "Mangos.
I was in my 20s before I tasted a mango. I still think they taste like paradise now at the age of 46." — Adorable_Misfit What are some foods you didn't grow up with but love now? Tell us in the comments or fill out this anonymous form ! Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
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