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Fun fact: corn and cornbread is so embedded in the cuisine of the North Caucasians[1] that it's perceived by locals as historically theirs as opposed to wheat a
by maga 9y ago
Fun fact: corn and cornbread is so embedded in the cuisine of the North Caucasians[1] that it's perceived by locals as historically theirs as opposed to wheat and white bread that is thought of as "Russian". Older, less-educated locals don't even believe when you tell them it had been imported from America just few hundred years ago.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Caucasus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Caucasus
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