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    When were bananas first sold in Italy?

    Question #77822. Asked by queproblema. (Mar 26 07 12:12 AM)


    peasypod

    		Well, sometime around 1890, I guess, as Pellegrino Artusi (The author of 'La Scienza in Cucina E L'arte Di Mangiar Bene') wrote about this 'exotic' fruit for a gelato recipe such as this one:

    http://italianfood.about.com/od/gelatoandsherbet/r/blr0312.htm

    I gather the actual date of the first banana sold would be earlier, but this is a start.

    Mar 26 07, 1:12 AM
    SOTHC

    		Around Fyffe o'clock

    Mar 26 07, 1:30 AM
    queproblema

    		This one was for you, peasy, and I love your reference! I should have asked, "When were bananas first readily available to the average consumer in Italy?" I know they were exotic for still a couple of decades after this recipe was published.







    Mar 26 07, 7:18 AM

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