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JamazingClayton

I'm a writer, artist, culture vulture and Teacher of English as a Foreign Language. I also used to report on news from alternate realities and parallel dimensions and got a Masters degree in Constructions of the Sacred, the Holy and the Supernatural.

https://jamazingthings.wordpress.com/

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San Marzano Tomatoes

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Fruits & Vegetables

San Marzano Tomatoes

Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.

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Reina Gattuso

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Staffordshire Oatcakes

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Staffordshire Oatcakes

The portable breakfast food might've originated with British soldiers returning from India.

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Sarde in Saor

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Sarde in Saor

Venetians celebrate the end of a 16th-century plague with sweet and sour sardines.

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Tatiana Harkiolakis

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Black Peas

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Black Peas

No Bonfire Night is complete without a cup of this warm, vinegar-flavored snack.

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Jonny Keen

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Ketchup Chips

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Ketchup Chips

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

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SamM

Spaghetti alla Puttanesca

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Spaghetti alla Puttanesca

Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.

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Andres Schiffino

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Horlicks Malted Milk

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Ingredients & Condiments

Horlicks Malted Milk

This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.

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rachelrummel

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Carciofi alla Giudia

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Carciofi alla Giudia

Created in Rome's Jewish ghetto, the fried artichokes herald spring.

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Susan Van Allen

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Yorkshire Parkin

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Yorkshire Parkin

On November 5, the British celebrate a thwarted assassination attempt with bonfires and deliciously dense, sticky gingerbread.

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Dr Alan P Newman

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Vimto

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Vimto

This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.

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rachelrummel

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Colcannon

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Colcannon

A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.

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matthewtaub

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Yule Log Cake

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Yule Log Cake

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

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Anne Ewbank

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Chimney Cake

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Chimney Cake

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

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jwalker

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Cottage Loaf

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Cottage Loaf

Baking this dual-layered bread is a difficult art.

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Tony Dunnell

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Kendal Mint Cake

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Kendal Mint Cake

The original energy bar.

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sarahcorsa

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