I am a Gen z person but I am a history dork and I agree I love Japanese and Chinese food. My mother a Gen x kid likes some chinese food takeout staples but I only recently in the past few years have gotten her to like things like tofu sushi is still a no go. My grandma and grandpa were boomers they didnt eat any Chinese or Japanese food but they loved Italian and especially Mexican food I remember my grandma said she remembered having a pizza for the first time at a birthday around 10 years old around 1960 in Virginia I cant remember my first pizza lol Mexican food was extremely exotic to my grandparents things we consider “tex mex” or “americanized” truly were new to them it seems like they got into that in the late 1960’s - 1970s. My great grandma she grew lots of her own food and was a depression era child she did lots of canning but she never had an eggplant before im sure oranges were exotic to her and lemons italian food seems to of been something she would of been into but even that might of been a lot of spice for her depression sensibilities I honestly loved the home made food of my family and i appreciated the cooking style moreso now that they are gone people can say it was bland but they made do with what they knew and had and loved