These Were the Weirdest Food Trends of the Past Century

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Food, like any other consumer product, goes through periods of trends. People latch onto popular and trendy ideas, and if enough people take a liking to a food, it becomes a “trend.”

Some recent food trends, like algae, seem pretty strange. But they pale in comparison to some of the weirdest food trends from a few more years back. Check out these bizarre food trends from the past century.

Astronaut Food

When space travel mania hit the planet in the 60s and 70s, everyone wanted to be an astronaut. These space pioneers ate pre-packaged, freeze-dried food that couldn’t spoil. So, naturally, consumers started to consume things like freeze-dried ice cream en masse.

Gelatin Salads

The gelatin salad trend lasted for a surprisingly long time. Starting off in the first half of the 20th century, they remained popular up until people wised up in the 80s. For some reason, it used to be popular to encase vegetables and savory things inside of gelatin. Yum?

Spam

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World War II put lots of people in tough situations with respect to hunger, so a pre-cooked, canned pork product called Spam has to be respected for giving millions nutrition in this period. However, the fact that this salty product remained popular throughout the 50s and 60s truly defies reason.