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I'm curious about US #food #history, 1800-1975?/2010?

In particular, I want to understand why American cooking is so famously bland and limited in ingredients. Looking at some recipes from the 1700s, it seems clear that food was fairly heavily seasoned at one time.

It's a perennial curiosity - e.g., my wife and I remember that the tea selection when young was "Liptons" and some Celestial Seasonings- now any store has yards of different companies and flavors on the shelf. Same for cheese.