On Wednesday I went to a Rose Cafe where we talked about food during the Great Depression. One thing that stood out to me was that back in those times food scientists recommended a bland diet. They claimed that food that tasted good was bad for your health and should be avoided. I can see how they would think that, considering that they didn’t have much knowledge about nutrition. Food with an excess of sugar, or carbohydrates, or fats can taste good, and eating too much of it is not healthy.  Remnants of that philosophy can still be seen in American food today. Compared with the cuisine of other countries, American food doesn’t contain a lot of spices. I remember that when I had friends over for dinner back home, they would often say that our food was too spicy, even though my mom made an effort to make it more mild when my friends came over. Now that I live on campus and eat dining hall food everyday, when I go back home, I can see what my friends were complaining about. I can’t handle spicy food as well as I used to be able to, and my mom has to make an effort to make my food more mild now!