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Chorizo with octopus
pastor
blackened fish

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Multiple species of onions are native to North America and were used both as food and medicinally prior to European colonization.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

They were originally from either the Middle East or Asia and were brought in during the Columbian exchange. I won't deny there might be other New World variants that I'm unaware of though.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

This is fascinating. Use of onions predates writings IIRC. Which means we don't have written record of any culture encountering it for the first time unlike say, oranges.