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Rfs 3 Mediterreniancusine
Rfs 3 Mediterreniancusine
Sea. seafood are also the staple foods of the cuisine. Thus,
the Mediterranean cuisine is such / so diverse and rich
Although Mediterranean cuisine isn’t governed by a
in ingredients that it cannot be confined to one or two
single culture, it is thus / nevertheless very much the
ingredients at all.
product of cultural influence and exchange. The world’s
earliest civilizations bordered the Mediterranean Sea, There is such / so much history behind the cuisine that
their development agonized / bolstered by the rich soil it would not be wrong to allege / hamper that the
and temperate climate that made agricultural production Mediterranean cuisine has both shaped the world
thrive. As the point of intersection / conspiracy between history and has been shaped by it. For instance, the
Asia, Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean was spices and the food products of the area lured /
geographically destined to become a major trading joint disseminated ancient traders and triggered trade along
spices and other food goods, resulting in the wide On the flipside of the coin, the cuisine is also a merger /
dissemination / proclamation of certain ingredients source of rivalry between nations. While Spain and Italy
throughout the cuisines of these disparate peoples. have their own ubiquitous / unique cuisine such as the
Conquest was another factor in shaping Mediterranean Italian pastas and pizzas or the Spanish tapas, the
cuisines. Once one civilization overthrew the Turkish and the Greek compete over ownership of
government of another, they often imposed their own certain dishes. Take for
cultural practices into / upon the conquered society. At example the world-famous
the same time, there was inevitably a certain amount of Turkish delight “baklava”. Even
cultural persistence during conquest, often resulting in though the label is derived from
the superstition / amalgamation of the conquering / evolved from the Turkish root “bakla = tiles”, the Greek
group’s culture with that of the conquered. As societies still lay claim to baklava. In a nutshell the cuisine is a
blended / garnered together within the empire, culinary matter that cannot be discussed in a void.
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culinary collateral
cutlery ubiquitous
agonize embellishing
bolster dressing
hub Otherwise
dissemination allege
proclamation hamper
superstition lure
amalgamation disseminate
blended merger
garnered source
prolong ubiquitous
conform unique
harvest gadget
yield dressing
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