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Italy has pizza. We have this. (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

That's more or less a summary of the major issues with American food. It's industrialized and standardized into a way where it'll keep you alive for cheap and is inoffensive. But it's weirdly sweet and one can't help but wonder why the first mass subsidized bread wasn't whole wheat.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    White bread lasts longer than whole-wheat bread, and white flour is the cheapest available flour (well, since industrialization. Historically it was reserved for special occasions and the social elites) . Also Wonderbread is available in whole wheat. Also also:

    In the United States, consumers sometimes refer to white bread as "sandwich bread" or "sandwich loaf". [9] It is often perceived as an unhealthy, bland, and unsophisticated menu item.

    Hostess, the makers of such delightful American™ staple foods as Twinkies, Ho-Hos and (for many years) Wonderbread, went bankrupt more than a decade ago, so like... they weren't (and aren't) a huge part of the american diet.

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