- Popular Food Customs
* People in country with more developed economy are likely to have income, time, & inclination to facilitate greater adoption of pop. culture
- Alcohol and fresh produce
- Consumption of large quantities of alcoholic beverages & snack foods are characteristic of food customs of popular societies
- Amount of alcohol, snacks consumed, & preferences for types vary by region within MDCs
- Americans- choose beverage/snacks usually by what is produced, grown, or imported locally
- Alcohol
1. Bourbon –upper South (most of it is produced)
2. Rum- East Coast (arrives from Caribbean)