• Bob@feddit.nl
    26·
    1 month ago

    I’ve noticed that American recipes often have ingredients like “1 packet (brand name) (foodstuff)”. I wonder if this kind of advert is how it started.

    • MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
      8·
      1 month ago

      Pretty sure that’s exactly how that started. Much easier to sell more of your industrially made foodstuff if you give people some ideas about what to do with it.

      • Bob@feddit.nl
        3·
        1 month ago

        I fear soup over waffles is a poor example of that but I understand.

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 month ago

      Also quite a few packages include recipes.

      • my family recipe for pecan pie has always been from the bottle of Karo Syrup
      • green stuff I made for New Years was originally from a package of Jello brand Pistachio instant pudding
      • family pumpkin pie recipe was from a can of pumpkin
      • MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
        4·
        1 month ago

        TFW grandma finally hands down her secret recipe book and they’re all clipped from boxes of supermarket food items and adverts in Good Housekeeping.