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What were people doing before high fives?? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I find it preposterous to believe that nobody made these dishes before the 1960s. Surely people did. They just weren't popular or have the branding associated.

[โ€“] chaogomu@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

New dishes are invented all the time.

But the reason who these two are so ubiquitous is simple.

General Tso's chicken was featured on 60 minutes. The guy being interviewed showed how to make the dish with each ingredient. After that, it quickly showed up on every Chinese restaurant menu.

Orange chicken was specifically designed for American tastes by Panda Garden, which then spawned imitators.