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What take-away food tells us about US history

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Photo: depositphotos

From fast food to pizza delivery, a takeaway story can tell us a lot.

Because what Americans eat and what, often reflects changes in society at a particular moment, writes Share America.

“You can learn a lot from food. All people eat, and this is one of those unique ways in which agriculture, science, health, nutrition and culture come together on one plate,” says Emeline Rood, food historian and author of “Tastes Like Chicken.”

Take, for example, pizza. Americans were initially suspicious of dishes that Italian immigrants liked, in part because some of the ingredients were alien to them.

Fast forward to the aftermath of World War II, when American soldiers returning from Europe spoke enthusiastically about the Italian food they ate there. After the box was invented in 1940's, which allowed the pizza to stay hot, the flat round cake with cheese gradually became one of the main dishes in the diets of the United States. Today, one out of every eight Americans eats pizza daily.

Takeaway can also tell about dark periods in US history.

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Photo: depositphotos

Jim Crow’s laws in the southern states from the 1880s to the middle of the 1960s legalized the segregation of blacks and whites. If African Americans wanted to try food in a restaurant that did not have a special section for color, they would come up from the back door and find out if the restaurant could give them takeaway food.

In the 1849 year, during the California Gold Rush, the smart Chinese food businessmen opened places near the places where the gold diggers searched for gold. According to Rude, the treasure hunters did not make money, unlike the people who fed them. One of the first American restaurants to deliver food is considered a Chinese snack bar in San Francisco, which began offering this service in 1920's.

The impact of television and cars on food

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Photo: depositphotos

The restaurant business has undergone dramatic changes when television was invented, and by the 1950 years it had penetrated millions of American homes.

Almost overnight it became clear that people wanted to stay at home and watch TV, rather than go to catering establishments. When restaurants experienced a sharp drop in sales, they realized that it was time to adjust to this situation or die.

“They all began to develop takeaway menus and food delivery systems,” says Rood, “in order for people not to have to leave their homes. Americans could do both: eat restaurant food and watch TV. ”

Then, when everybody had cars, the next big idea was fast food. “The car made a real revolution in nutrition, because food delivery has become cheaper and more convenient. So we owe the origin of fast food to cars, ”explains Rood.

Today, roughly 6% of Americans buy takeaway food every day. For the first time in US history, the average American spends more money in restaurants than on food in stores.

The era of the Internet brought popularity to relatively little-known restaurants and opened up access to potential customers who otherwise could not find them, but the actual food consumed did not change significantly. The most popular food ordered via apps or the Internet, you guessed it, is pizza.

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