Increase in homemade food usage was because of the Great Depression

Here's an interesting tidbit from the WSJ:<br><br>"Home cooking isn’t new, of course, but a shift toward more home-cooked meals has been underway since the pandemic’s onset. In 2020, almost 80% of meals were prepared at home, up almost 10 percentage points from 2015, according to data from NPD Group."<br><br>The only other time that percentage had been that high was in 1935, when almost 82% of meals were prepared at home.