Ah but they probably knew the best diet ever - gelled meats! Shovel that horse byproduct and preservative packed meatlike substance into a mold! Watch it wiggle! It’s the future!
He also was surprised to see how Americans ate it - by breaking it into pieces. Apparently we do it wrong.
I got curious one day looking at how distilleries with “Since 18xx” survived. They pivoted. Alcohol was fine as a drug and prescription, and also wines were still sold as sacremental for churches. Also, church attendance rose noticeably during Prohibition. Wanna get drunk ye alcoholics? Come to Mass!
My brain went there too.
We also tend to use just enough water to soak in, and most people just microwave the bowl.