bowdlerization

is, in food studies, the seizing of a local specialty and altering its ingredients and preparation so that it can be shipped vast distances and cooked in 15 minutes.

Convenience items, he says, are a triumph of American marketing over culture. Food marketers exploit the American love of novelty by seizing a local specialty, then altering its ingredients and preparation so it can be shipped vast distances, has a sufficient shelf-life, and can be cooked in 15 minutes.' http://pages.jh.edu/jhumag/1198web/taste.html

bowdlerization, n.Definitions

bowdlerization