90s VS Millenial Lunch box
We crossed the 1990s over three decades ago. However, we haven't gotten over our thoughts that many aspects of that era were positive. Food costs were significantly cheaper than they are now. Reason: inflation was under control. While a week's worth of vegetables used to cost only Rs 100, now, for the same veggies, we have to splurge between Rs 500 and Rs 700. We will discuss the alterations noticed in lunchboxes in this post and any advantages they may have had.
Lunch During 90s
In the 1990s, fresh, home-cooked meals for regular lunchtime included Dal, Rice, Dosa, Sambhar, and Idli, depending on the state's geography. Few items were packaged because the food was freshly made at home. Bread Rolls and sandwiches used to be the only continental edibles in kids' lunch boxes. Otherwise, most of the lunches were packed with meals made at home. In the 1990s, there wasn't much dining-out culture. Instead, most people used to have home-cooked meals. Eating out at a restaurant was uncommon, even in the offices. Fruits and vegetables were scarce in the 1990s, and people tended to consume more seasonal produce. Cauliflower and peas are two examples of seasonal foods only available for a particular period of a year. Similarly, fruits like guavas, mangoes, and apples were only available during a specific season. Because of this, only locally grown fruits and vegetables were available.
Observation
Even though the lunch options have expanded in the twenty-first century, more packaged foods are being consumed, which is bad for our health. People indeed used to believe in the 90s that one should eat more seasonal and regional foods in their diet, and that is today's adage. The body experiences several beneficial impacts as a result. The cuisine you grew up eating is something you must stick to for a healthy body. This ingrained practice is our preferred choice, even against some popular worldwide options for wholesome food. Any nutritionist or dietitian will advise including these foods in your diet more frequently than other packaged foods if you ask them.
Millennial Lunch
More selections, worldwide variations, and packaged food are available. The typical millennial lunch options include traditional dal rice, idli sambhar, and dosa, toast sandwiches, overnight oats, and fried rice. Compared to the 1990s, the eating-out culture has completely changed, and people now dine out more frequently for lunch. Every second or third day, customers place outside food orders. Both children's and adults' lunchboxes now contain a variety of new things that were not available in the 1990s. For instance, more food kinds have emerged, such as gouda and cheddar cheese, and other bread variations, such as sourdough, focaccia, multigrain, and rye bread, have made their way into lunch boxes. Even the fruits people consume have evolved over time. Today, many in India choose avocado and grapefruit over traditional guava or jackfruit. Nowadays, individuals eat more oats, muesli, and cornflakes for breakfast than in the 1990s, when paratha or poha might have been more common.
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