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I was thinking about how certain #food has now gotten more expensive—oxtail, brisket, some offal. A lot of it was traditionally food for poor people, seen as the undesirable parts of an animal. Now that they have become more mainstream, prices have gone up. While it’s cool that some of our cultural foods are now getting their due appreciation, the increase in demand and subsequent increase in costs have also priced out some of the people who always ate them.
@SarahOestreich #upf
Back in the 1960s-70s, as a newly married grad student (aka poor indentured servant) we lived on that cheap meat.
Now I'd still like a nice tongue sometimes, or a kidney...but they are no longer easy to find. And I look at one for $40 or $50 and think NO WAY. Other cuts are similar.
What is the replacement? Ultra-processed food, food that isn't stuff we evolved to eat. Why poor people are having such health issues.
@demerara I have always associated offal with my grandmother. We’re Jewish and the (traditionally) cheap parts of animals are a big part of the culture. But I think this is probably a common experience now, former peasant foods being elevated. And it’s bittersweet bc our traditional ingredients finally getting recognition they deserve, reinforcing something we have always known—that our food is actually good!—is great. But yeah, no fun when you can no longer afford them.