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TWO profiled broths were destroyed by bombs in war. Apparently a leading cause of broth destruction. > an even older pot, in Perpignan [France], had been bubbl
by jrochkind1 4y ago
TWO profiled broths were destroyed by bombs in war. Apparently a leading cause of broth destruction.
> an even older pot, in Perpignan [France], had been bubbling since the 1400s until it finally met its demise in 1945 during World War II bombing raids.
> The broth [in Tokyo’s historic Asakusa quarter] would be going on 100 today, but the previous batch was lost in 1945 during World War II bombing.
1945 was not a good year for ancient broth, among other things.
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- jrochkind1 4y agoIt actually makes me really sad to think that bombs destroyed the broth from 1400 AD. I do realize this isn't much of a start on what WWII destroyed.
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