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"Traditional cuisine" is often more recent than we think. Tomatoes aren't native to Italy. Chilli peppers aren't native to India or Thailand.
by dmurray 7y ago
"Traditional cuisine" is often more recent than we think. Tomatoes aren't native to Italy. Chilli peppers aren't native to India or Thailand.
- SideburnsOfDoom 7y agoOf course, both of those came over from the Americas, like the potato.
- umanwizard 7y agoIn the other direction: flour tortillas in northern Mexico (someone from Mexico City will probably come and tell me burritos aren't really Mexican food; but they are, in places like Sonora). Or beef in Brazil and Argentina. Or Dulce de Leche.