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For germany: Toast Hawaii
Introduced to germany by Clemens Wilmenrod, it is the typical food when you think of west germany in the 1950s.
A slice of toasted white bread, topped by a slice of ham, a slice of pineapple, a slice of american "cheese" and usually topped by a maraschino cherry (though not in pic rel).
The white bread and american "cheese" made germany think of american culture, while the pineapple was a "exotic" food. It was easy to make, cheap and spoke of a promising future where you could make foods like this at home with the power of globalism and preservation/canning.
Almost every german you talk to who is above the age of let's say 15-20 years old will instantly know what toast hawaii is, but when you ask them when they last had it they probably won't remember, since it has been so long. It's neither obscure or forgotten, instead it's one of the more well known dishes, but noone I know has had one in ages.