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minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 hours ago 1960s aspirational middle class That’s still a higher social class than what the corn dog represents, though.
minus-squareMudMan@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoFor you, maybe. Corn dogs are movie food where I come from. Pastry and beef is grandma food. American street food is foreign and exotic and hip by comparison. I mean, it was in the 20th century when all these perceptions settled in, which is why I have it mentally filed alongisde shrimp cocktails and aspic.
That’s still a higher social class than what the corn dog represents, though.
For you, maybe. Corn dogs are movie food where I come from.
Pastry and beef is grandma food. American street food is foreign and exotic and hip by comparison.
I mean, it was in the 20th century when all these perceptions settled in, which is why I have it mentally filed alongisde shrimp cocktails and aspic.