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Inspired by https://lemmy.world/post/6312195

And, to set the record straight, I do enjoy pizza hawaii

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We're dumb and very deserving of ridicule, but let me correct you anyway.

Macaroni and Cheese was introduced to the US by James Hemings, a man enslaved by Thomas Jefferson (our 3rd president), after returning from Italy, where he learned how to do pasta stuff because Tommy just loved noods.

So, yeah. Slavery.