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Originally Posted by Filipe M.
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Originally Posted by Dr Rich
William, when it was agreed it would be a 'top' idea to colonise recently discovered 'Colombia', a joke was selected to be transported with the Pilgrim Fathers.....
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They knew about chinese restaurants back then?!  |
Of course.
A land route to China had been discovered well before the discovery of the americas (with a small 'a'
). Delicacies had spread west. For example Sweet and Sour Fried Chicken actually left China just as Sour Fried Chicken. The 'Sweet' was added
en route (as us intellectuals say) as the recipe found it's way back to Plymouth via somewhere in central Iran, where they decided Sour Fried Chicken was (and indulge me in a quote) 'ishalamah, ishalam bahati '
mingin''
Edit...in the above post I have edited my spelling of Columbia. I was clearly thinking about something else in my original post..