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[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

thomas jefferson got the "recipe" from a french description of an italian dish

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

But it must have been cooked by an Italian, right?

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[–] uienia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

No, but they had been to Italy. Seriously, not a joke. The recipe is recorded as part of something the person had picked up from a grand tour.

It is neither a British nor American invention.