How a growing market for citrus fruit spawned the mafia
How a growing market for citrus fruit spawned the mafia
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How a growing market for citrus fruit spawned the mafia
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Post #1 - September 10th, 2018, 5:32 pmHi- Here is an interesting article about how the growing of lemons became big business in Sicily in the 1800's, and how the mafia was formed to protect the lemon business there.
https://aeon.co/essays/how-a-growing-ma ... -the-mafia
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Post #2 - September 11th, 2018, 12:00 amFascinating. Ties in well with what one sees in American cookbooks of the mid- to late-1800s -- a sudden increase in the number of recipes that call for lemon."All great change in America begins at the dinner table." Ronald Reagan
http://midwestmaize.wordpress.com
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Post #3 - September 11th, 2018, 2:14 pmGastropod podcast on this a while back as well:
https://gastropod.com/museums-mafia-sec ... ry-citrus/Coming to you from Leiper's Fork, TN where we prefer forking to spooning.
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