What do folks growing up eating certain foods (eg. sushi, Greek yogurt) think when it becomes a "fad" cross the country? (healthier, diners)

[markovian process]

I was wondering that, because there are certain foods that have become fads (well, even if it continues to be popular to today) recently that previously were only common in certain cultures?

If you grew up, for instance eating Japanese food, before sushi became popular, does it feel odd that what you once always ate went from being seen as "exotic" to fashionable and then mainstream? Or would you feel happy that something you felt was hard to find is now easy to buy all across the country?

[Bunjee]

Originally Posted by markovian process

I was wondering that, because there are certain foods that have become fads (well, even if it continues to be popular to today) recently that previously were only common in certain cultures?

If you grew up, for instance eating Japanese food, before sushi became popular, does it feel odd that what you once always ate went from being seen as "exotic" to fashionable and then mainstream? Or would you feel happy that something you felt was hard to find is now easy to buy all across the country?

I'm happy about it. It's kind of silly to consider foreign foods a fad when they've likely been eaten longer than this country has even existed. A lot of stuff gets overused, it's true. Sun dried tomatoes and chipotle peppers come to mind. That doesn't mean they don't taste good.

The world is smaller, like it or not. We'll discover more about how others eat, and eye-rolling about it is as silly as the pretentiousness the eye-rolling means to mock. It's just food.

[EuroTrashed]

Depends whether the price drops or rises

[nmnita]

unless it affects the price I doubt anyone would put much thought into this. Our kids grew up (50 years ago) thinking yogurt was pudding. Now everyone eats it. Of course in our case it wasn't Greek Yogurt and not a cultural thing, but a nutrition issue. I just thought it was healthier for them.

[vision33r]

Originally Posted by markovian process

I was wondering that, because there are certain foods that have become fads (well, even if it continues to be popular to today) recently that previously were only common in certain cultures?

If you grew up, for instance eating Japanese food, before sushi became popular, does it feel odd that what you once always ate went from being seen as "exotic" to fashionable and then mainstream? Or would you feel happy that something you felt was hard to find is now easy to buy all across the country?

Hate fads because it lowers the quality and standards of that particular food.

I've been eating sushi ever since I was a child when it wasn't popular and although it was hard to find but quality was good. Today Americans equate sushi to that low quality crap served at those Asian buffets.

The same can be said about any type of fad food being mass marketed. Another fad food is Italian food, one may think that the pastas served at Olive garden is a representative of Italian cooking. It is simply the worst representation imo.

Good Italian cooking is harder and harder to find these days because franchise diners are killing local eateries because most Americans would rather eat cheap than good quality.