I'm sure I read somewhere that the whole cooking-at-home thing is a relatively recent, Western phenomenon.
Street food was simply food for most people in most parts of the world.
(The Porcupine From Purgatory we of all lost both have them, Mon 11 Aug 2025, 13:42, archived)

was it in 'Jimmy Hill's Big Book of Facts'?

( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Mon 11 Aug 2025, 13:48, archived)

"They're Just Not Like Us" by Oswald Mosley

(The Porcupine From Purgatory we of all lost both have them, Mon 11 Aug 2025, 13:52, archived)

I believe that was the case in Ancient Rome.
Street food was so popular and cheap that a lot of houses didn't even have the means to cook food.
( .Yeti., Mon 11 Aug 2025, 14:16, archived)

The other way round, surely?
That's like saying that airports are so popular now that most houses don't even have helipads.
(The Porcupine From Purgatory we of all lost both have them, Mon 11 Aug 2025, 14:24, archived)

Yeah but look what happened to pompeii

( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Mon 11 Aug 2025, 14:24, archived)

that's correct

( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Mon 11 Aug 2025, 14:25, archived)