So wild to me that they invented the idea of food that tastes good in my lifetime. Like what are the odds

When smoking rates started dropping they had to invent flavors besides "salt."

It wasn’t until 2008 that we discovered we could roast green vegetables instead of steaming them.

Working on a hypothesis that WWII was bad

Distribute broadly, yes, but invent, nah. They did that in Italy, Mexico, China, France, India etc. long ago. It just took a while to spread it all around and blend it together.

It's fucking terrifying how bad the food options were in most American cities within living memory.

sadly incorrect, MSG was invented in 1908

More so the idea vegetables could have a texture other than limp or slimey.

I always assumed our parents and grandparents just powered through cuz the cigarettes just masked all the flavor anyway

they made *brussels sprouts* taste not-overwhelmingly-bitter in the past couple of decades

north americans learning to fry vegetables rather than boil them: the greatest technological advancement of the 2000s