What Caesar did for my salad: the secret meanings of our favourite dishes

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Lo sapevate che il pastry cornico è stato inventato per proteggere i minatori di stagno dall'avvelenamento da arsenico, o che la parola "salare" deriva da soldati romani pagati il loro salario in sale? Perché mangiamo l’oca (o il tacchino) a Natale? L'uovo scozzese è in realtà scozzese e cosa hanno a che fare alcuni crociati in pensione con il brindisi francese?

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