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[โ€“] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, France developed the cut. No?

[โ€“] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

Eh, they just liked it a lot. But they definitely popularized it and detailed usages of it in books. They didn't invent "cut it long and thin" though, since that's just basic knife work whose origin is lost to time.