lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1445arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1438arrow-down1message-squareTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
It’s kind of funny, I think, that a plant so closely associated with America is actually not native at all.
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoAmerican cuisine also suffered dramatically in the post-war period due to a reliance on, for example, canned vegetables. A whole generation or two (boomers and Gen X) grew up not knowing what spices are, practically.
minus-squareRubanski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThen they somehow put everything in Jello in the 50s because apparently decent cuisine was completely forgotten
American cuisine also suffered dramatically in the post-war period due to a reliance on, for example, canned vegetables. A whole generation or two (boomers and Gen X) grew up not knowing what spices are, practically.
Then they somehow put everything in Jello in the 50s because apparently decent cuisine was completely forgotten