I mean look at this point "Chinese food" as imagined by Americans is its own tradition over a century old But it really obviously isn't like how wealthy people back in China ate, or even like how regular people (or poor people!) ate
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Like it wasn't a big deal for Thomas Jefferson to introduce French fries to the White House and serve them with steak because it was just a new way to make potatoes (Nowadays you have to call them "steak fries" or "frites")
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Now I'm thinking of that Onion article where a McDonald's executive tries to get them to change their whole menu because he thinks those foods are obsolete And he keeps insistently saying "hamburger sandwich" and "French fried potatoes"
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Also because truth in advertising laws didn't exist yet. Back then, there were cigarette ads with 'doctors' saying that that brand were healthy.
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