Food: Trauma, TikTok Trends & Our Last Meals

What do tuna rice slice, Dubai chocolate, and Vegemite with jam
have in common? They're all on the menu in this week’s
deliciously chaotic episode of The Blunt and the Beautiful.


Kate and Tansy deep-dive into the food trends that shaped
generations – from ‘70s pineapple upside-down cake and ‘90s pesto
pasta to TikTok’s cucumber salad and the rise (and fall) of
sourdough starters. We reminisce on MasterChef mania, cultural
cringe around curried sausages, and the undeniable politics of
food.


Plus, we're sharing trauma meals, the weirdest combinations we
secretly love, and what we’d order for our last meal on Earth.
(Spoiler: oysters, fairy cakes, and a chilled Diet Coke do
feature.)


This episode is a love letter to the dishes we grew up on, the
foods we grew out of, and the ones we’ll never stop craving.





Comment below: What was your trauma meal growing up?What’s the
one thing you’ll never eat again?





Timestamps:


0:00 – Welcome to the food chat


1:30 – '70s dinner parties & grapes in toffee


3:00 – The pesto pasta years


7:00 – TikTok food trends we tried (and regret)


10:45 – Food as resistance, war trauma & cultural bridges


17:30 – Our most hated childhood meals


24:00 – Weird food combos we secretly love


28:30 – What’s your last meal?





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