What did you eat in the Great War, Daddy?

Before World War II Americans ate a lot of meat. And potatoes. Sometimes they ate their meat with their potatoes. Even Chinese and Italian food was considered exotic. But something changed in the 1950s. Slowly new cuisines began to grow across America. Diners continued to exist, but people were willing to try new things – both at restaurants and at home. A big reason for this was that the food wasn’t strange anymore – at least for the men who served in the war.