Why do some foods become fashionable?

Whatever happened to gooseberries?We had them all the time when young. Stewed, in crumbles and best of all gooseberry fool 😋

The influencers have trumpeted the healthy benefits of tinned fish for a while now. They have tinned fish dinner parties, apparently, who knew? Consequently but not completely, as other things can affect it, sardines, pilchards and mackerel are often in short supply. Many tinned fish are in flavoured oils now as requested by the power of the influencers.

Well, ROMILO, here's a thing - people like different things. You do you but let others eat what they like without feeling the need to sneer at them.

I enjoy food and like trying new things but smashed avocado on sour dough bread 🤮🤮🤮. It tastes of nothing.

I have just enjoyed a fresh dressed crab from a local fisherman. Alongside that I had a very tasty vine tomato and a supermarket tiger roll with butter. Plain, simple and delicious.

I don’t enjoy food that has been messed about with or stacked up in a pile because I can’t stop thinking about whether the chef had clean hands.

Aveline

Whatever happened to gooseberries?We had them all the time when young. Stewed, in crumbles and best of all gooseberry fool 😋

We used to have quite a number of gooseberry bushes in our garden. It got to the stage where we couldn't even give them away - nobody wanted them, and there was a limit to how many we as a family could eat.

ViceVersa

Aveline

Whatever happened to gooseberries?We had them all the time when young. Stewed, in crumbles and best of all gooseberry fool 😋

We used to have quite a number of gooseberry bushes in our garden. It got to the stage where we couldn't even give them away - nobody wanted them, and there was a limit to how many we as a family could eat.

Gooseberries and rhubarb. The good old fashioned fruits. Those, together with a Friday night spoonful of Californian Syrup of Figs kept you very regular!!!

Aveline

Whatever happened to gooseberries?We had them all the time when young. Stewed, in crumbles and best of all gooseberry fool 😋

Whatever happened to gooseberries?

They're in the freezer! DH occasionally asks when we're going to eat them. Must do something with them before the next lot arrive in the garden.

Gooseberry fool is delicious.

Sarnia

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Aveline

Whatever happened to gooseberries?We had them all the time when young. Stewed, in crumbles and best of all gooseberry fool 😋

We used to have quite a number of gooseberry bushes in our garden. It got to the stage where we couldn't even give them away - nobody wanted them, and there was a limit to how many we as a family could eat.

Gooseberries and rhubarb. The good old fashioned fruits. Those, together with a Friday night spoonful of Californian Syrup of Figs kept you very regular!!!

We do still have rhubarb, although it didn't do particularly well last year. Hopefully this year will be better - I do love a rhubarb crumble.

Vine tomatoes and olive oil are items that have become trendy. When I was a child we ate tomatoes, round and red and only in summer apart from a few expensive Canary Island tomatoes bought at Christmas.

Olive oil, that was for earache, no one cooked with it!

argymargy

Well, ROMILO, here's a thing - people like different things. You do you but let others eat what they like without feeling the need to sneer at them.

I wasn't sneering at anyone or telling them what to eat merely stating my preferences. Feel free to eat what you like without taking offense where none was intended.

It was Nigella who made avocado on toast a thing . Waitrose used to have the nigella effect . If she mentioned something on her show , Waitrose would sell out of the item .

Like always. Someone comes up with an idea and everyone raves about it. It becomes popular it gets over done then it gets smeared at Bit like blue nun wine !!

Gooseberry fool is delicious
Food of the gods Allira
I’m going to M&S tomorrow at the Trafford Centre ~ I’ll put it on my list now!

I love gooseberries.

Aveline

Whatever happened to gooseberries?We had them all the time when young. Stewed, in crumbles and best of all gooseberry fool 😋

We grow our own gooseberries……..bumper crop every year, although they don’t like extreme heat so ours are sheltered from the afternoon sun. We also grow rhubarb in dustbins as well as blackberries, raspberries and strawberries.

To address the foods you listed ROMILO:

Love avocado but not on toast and sliced never mashed.
Also not fond of prosciutto but love ham off the bone.
Love all the fruits you listed including the black seeds of kiwi and pomegranate is one of my favourites. Yes where have bilberries, tayberries and loganberries gone? Never seem to see them in the shops these days. In my Church gardens there are plum trees but best of all greengages, which I love. Only ever known one other who adored them like me, my dear dad. I get to harvest the lot!

To be fair - sometimes ‘trendy’ foods can be related to health research. So avocados are good for you, similarly wholewheat or sourdough bread, so these foods are promoted. Ditto blueberries and kiwi fruits ( good for constipation).

It's often down to 'influencers' of one sort of another. What does annoy me slightly is that once something like that catches on, suddenly it's everywhere. Not so long ago, everything was salted caramel, then we had the Dubai chocolate trend and now it seems to be hot honey on everything. Oh, and matcha this, matcha that...

Oh, and matcha this, matcha that...
and bubble tea!

MartavTaurus

^Oh, and matcha this, matcha that...^
and bubble tea!

I forgot about that - maybe because I've never had it. Holds no appeal for me at all.

I often think that if Brussels Sprouts had only just been discovered, and of course given a fancy foreign name - perhaps Spruti di Brucello - they would instantly become the latest fashionable ‘superfood’.
(And of course would cost 2-3 times what they cost now…)

Romilo-
I am soooooo with you with the pomegranates!

Now pomegranates I love. I use loads in the summer sprinkled on salads and coronation chicken. They are so jewel like and juicy.

LucyAnna5

To be fair - sometimes ‘trendy’ foods can be related to health research. So avocados are good for you, similarly wholewheat or sourdough bread, so these foods are promoted. Ditto blueberries and kiwi fruits ( good for constipation).

They're fairly run-of-the mill now chez nous.

However, acai berries, matcha tea, Kimchi, spirulina, kale etc etc only appear in the kitchen when the DD are visiting the😁