Comment on The Nightshade Family

yesman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Imagine many common Indian dishes without tomatoes or chilis. How about the popular trope of a Native American on horseback? Horses went extinct in the US many thousands of years before Europeans arrived with a different kind. It’s amazing how quickly the cultural exchange happened so long ago.

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  • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Tangential fact: syphillis originated in the Americas, likely from llamas. It’s the only instance of a transmittable disease to be imported to the old world.

    This also makes me a bit annoyed at the show 'Apothecary Diaries" as it depicts syphillis existing in China in the 700AD

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    • the_artic_one@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They also depict a mushroom that only grows in Japan growing in China but the show is pretty anachronistic overall.

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    • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I thought Romans had syphilis and that’s why they were bald

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    • slackassassin@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Alright, everyone, who banned tina‽

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• Psaldorn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That’s why if you ask someone in Bologna how much tomato to add to your Bolognese they will chase you out of town with a kitchen knife.

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  • bob_lemon@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Which is weird, considering the dish was only invented in the 19th century, so tomatoes were absolutely available.

    Italian cuisine in general has way less tradition that people think.

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    • j_overgrens@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That’s documented serving. You don’t seriously believe that a slow stew on the basis of meat, wine and misofritto only appeared in the 19th century?

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      • bob_lemon@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        No, but at what point would you start calling it bolognese then? It’s every meat/wine stew from Bologna bolognese?

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  • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What did they use instead?

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    • khannie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Image

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    • MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Tomaytos.

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      • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Oh hey is that like the Irish stew with Potaytoes instead of Potatoes?

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    • Psaldorn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Just gotta let the meats dissolve

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