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Re:The story behind Michelin stars by JoeAltmaier on Saturday October 27, 2018 @10:06AM (#18315734)
Right! I often marvel at what Old-world cuisine was like before American influences. No tomatoes. No potatoes. No chocolate OR vanilla. Heck, no tobacco or coffee! What did they do after dinner?
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Re:The story behind Michelin stars by ginko on Saturday October 27, 2018 @11:17AM (#18316079)
Coffee is from the old world. It's native to Ethiopia.
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Re:The story behind Michelin stars by JoeAltmaier on Saturday October 27, 2018 @11:36AM (#18316182)
Wow! That's news to me, thanks. I wonder if Ethiopia still has any old lineages of coffee growing...
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Re:The story behind Michelin stars by _hardwaregeek on Saturday October 27, 2018 @12:45PM (#18316520)
Ethiopian Yirgacheffe is a pretty famous coffee. http://www.blackpowderroasting.com/all-about-ethiopian-yirga...
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Re:The story behind Michelin stars by Scoundreller on Saturday October 27, 2018 @01:31PM (#18316756)
If you're looking for a wormhole to fall into this afternoon, here you go:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_exchange

Don't forget to add corn, bell/chili peppers, pineapples and a bunch of nuts to your list of things that were introduced to the Old World.

It works both ways too. Horses, chickens and pigs aren't native to the Americas... and a whole range of diseases...

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Re:The story behind Michelin stars by jacquesm on Saturday October 27, 2018 @10:41AM (#18315863)
Latin American influences.
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Re:The story behind Michelin stars by solatic on Saturday October 27, 2018 @10:17AM (#18315766)
Drink tea (from the Orient, of course...)

;)

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