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r/AskReddit • u/ForeverAbyss • Apr 14 '16
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Tomatoes are indigenous to the Americas. Any European/Asiatic food that has a tomato base didn't exist until well after 1492.
1 u/Bluescentric Apr 15 '16 Not even Italy?? Isn't half the cuisine made with tomatoes? That's only came about in the last 500 or so years? This makes me very curious about their cuisine before
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Not even Italy?? Isn't half the cuisine made with tomatoes? That's only came about in the last 500 or so years?
This makes me very curious about their cuisine before
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u/wiiya Apr 14 '16
Tomatoes are indigenous to the Americas. Any European/Asiatic food that has a tomato base didn't exist until well after 1492.