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alibis-and-wine · 1 month ago

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people who never study history simultaneously believe both that things have always been this way and that the past and present are alien and incomprehensible to each other.

Well I would give a medieval peasant some spaghetti.

#i mean italy didnt even have a national identity at the time of the columbian exchange so there wasnt anything to rebuild #most culinary changes like these are additive anyway #things get folded into existing cuisine rather than abandoning the old for the new #anyway modern italian food took shape mostly post ww2 #you think a medeival peasant would swoon at a skittle but you lose your mind trying to imagine an italy without lasagna #so

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