>>12841303Food that has influences and ingredients from The Silk Road and The Triangular Trade System form the foundation of what was popular cuisine, as they benefit from a number of factors.
These mostly being:
>Generally unattractive ingredients were not often traded>A wide group of people develop familiarity with the same ingredients>Abundance allowed people to choose what made a good meal rather than a necessary oneWhile other group that have lesser food, are plagued by one or more traits like:
>Ingredient selection built out of necessity rather than quality of flavor>Isolation leading to creation of dishes with only local appeal>Genetic quirks of isolated communities developing different flavor profiles 