A strange little side quest
One reason food history keeps producing good game ideas around Moms Recipes Candy Cake is that its history is full of strange turns. Nancy Johnson patented a hand-cranked ice-cream freezer in 1843 that used an inner churning chamber surrounded by ice. That old idea kept changing rather than disappearing. By the 1890s, department stores and mail-order catalogs were selling mass-produced ready-to-wear clothes in standardized styles and price ranges. The details change, but the appeal of learning a system and trying again is remarkably persistent.
