erehweslefox
Sous Chef
My theory is that many people look down with disdain at the condiments and other foods that were popular during much of the last century. Ketchup, yellow mustard and mayonnaise all seem to attract the same negative feelings.
Back then, industrial food was seen as safe and modern, and people liked being able to count on getting a consistent product. Currently, people believe "farm to fork" is more desirable; I think it's partly because, with modern food handling practices and the availability of antibiotics, in general, we don't have to worry about food contamination.
I'm sure the pendulum will swing back one day.
Agreed, the Hot dog, and the hamburger, were a way that protien could get to the masses. and Ketchup, yellow mustard, and mayonnaise were in that.
I sometimes get pissed at my peers for interest in their idea of 'reclaiming' food that was once just working peoples food. Cripes, you make a cheestake on sourdough bread with kobe beef and gureere cheese, it is a cheesteake.
My peers also have more cash on them than I do, so I come here and post my recipes. I sometimes hope and pray that my beef stroganoff well, is much better than theirs, because I have worked on it, and they can bite my arse.
wink and a nod, TBS