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    148 days ago

    If you really want to rustle their jimmies, remind them that tomatoes came from South America, and weren’t introduced until westward exploration.

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      38 days ago

      While true, this can be done by Italians to other nations with Worcestershire sauce, baklava and principate though.

      And borsch wasn’t red. It’s called because of the plant that was the main ingredient.

      Which is mostly not used now because of its intentionally bred toxic relative being a really problematic invasive species in all of former USSR and around.

      And another thing that “wasn’t introduced until westward exploration” is English-speaking Americans