‘What exotic foreign food were you introduced to as a kid that’s commonplace nowadays?’ – 22 dishes that went from marvellous to mundane

13.

‘Vesta dehydrated curries back in the 70s. My mother was not only a plain cook but a pretty bad one. I tried one of these (had to buy it myself as a kid) and realised that, bad as it might seems by today’s standards, there was much more to food that the bland food I had a home.

That led me to my town’s only Indian restaurant when I first started working and later, it got me into cooking my own curries. Now as an older adult, my cupboards are full of spices and I’ll never stop making curries of one sort or another.’
–Lessarocks

14.

‘Bao Buns! They used to be like some mad exotic rare thing at the end of the 90s, now you can just go ahead and get them in every supermarket.’
–smickie

15.

‘Muller Fruit Corner.’
–magicbullets

16.

‘I remember a teacher coming back from the USA with a huge bag of these little chocolates called ‘Snickers’ that looked and tasted like small Marathon bars. My tiny mind was blown when she told us Marathon’s were called ‘Snickers’ in this exotic far flung land called ‘Florida’ she visited.’
–GuybrushFunkwood

17.

‘I remember being taken to the first Yo Sushi that opened up in Selfridges food hall for my tenth birthday in Manchester, and thinking it was the most exotic, exciting and delicious thing. Now they’re absolutely everywhere and not even close to proper sushi restaurants these days.’
–mrcliffy789

18.

‘In the 60’s UK olive oil could only be bought from the chemist to put in your ears to soften wax, not used as a food stuff!’
–dismaldunc

19.

‘Mango. I had a friend who was Indian and mango was just another fruit in their house. First time I tried it I was convinced it was actually sweets. This was like, early 90’s.’
–Imaginary-Quiet-7465

20.

‘As a young child (late 80s early 90s) we always had houmous and pitta in the house. If I ever wanted a snack it was usually always houmous with pitta or carrot sticks. It was only when I had friends over from school and other kids would look at this food not knowing what it was that I realised it wasn’t common.

By the time I got to university (mid 00s) I noticed lots of people talking about houmous like this new food they’d just recently discovered. Now its just a common kitchen staple.’
–scenecunt

21.

‘I remember trying my first Dhal at my best friend’s house in the late 80’s, I can still put myself in that memory so clearly. It was a revelation!’
–MissVurt

22.

‘Bubble tea. My cousin introduced me to (ube) bubble tea in 2012 when I was visiting in the Philippines. Came back looking far and wide with no luck for years after and travelling many miles to the nearest Chinatown once they gradually started popping up as a proper treat.

Only recently does it feel like every other new shop that opens up in my area is dedicated to the stuff.’
–kaychoo

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