Harissa reads as ancient North African, but the chilies that define it are New World crops — the paste as we know it can't predate the Columbian exchange. The spice blend is old; the heat is an import. #FoodHistory #Harissa #Fermentation #Cooking #TheStockpot

The harissa in that tin isn't an older recipe preserved — it's a newer one, rebuilt by Tunisian canneries so the paste could survive heat sterilization and months on a shelf. The tube didn't just transport it. It reformulated it.

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Everyone argues about where "real" harissa comes from, and Tunisia's answer was to draw a legal fence: Nabeul peppers, protected by name. The fight isn't about flavor — it's about who gets to sell the word.

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Call harissa a Tunisian tradition all you want: the paste doesn't exist without capsicum, a pepper domesticated in the Americas long before any cook in Tunis saw a fresh pod. The "authentic" chili arrived by boat. #FoodHistory #Harissa #Peppers #Cooking #TheStockpot

The chili that makes harissa harissa isn't North African at all. It crossed the Atlantic on a boat and only became "Tunisian" once cooks there made it theirs. Nothing authentic is ever as old as it claims.

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Couscous z harissą według Adama Liawa

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