What are some foods that are both culinarily interesting and are "processed food" by necessity? Furikake seems like a good example.
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Replying to @melissajt
I could potentially make my own butter if I had a cow, and if I couldn't buy butter at the store it'd still be worth making
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Replying to @blue_traveler
Maybe I misunderstood your notion of processed. Can you explain?
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Replying to @melissajt
I didn't do a good job of constraining the question. So, I'm thinking of dishes or condiments that arise from conditions…
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Replying to @blue_traveler @melissajt
that would never arise in village of a thousand people. Furikake was invented in order to increase calcium levels around WWI
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Replying to @blue_traveler @melissajt
it uses a bunch of ingredients that were plentiful, cheap substitutes for traditional sources of calcium, kinda
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Replying to @blue_traveler @melissajt
a second example, vegemite, invented because the yeast from breweries was going to waste. Conditions for both are mass production
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