Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SALPICON
Etymology
Noun
salpicon (countable and uncountable, plural salpicons)
A type of stuffing of cooked, diced ingredients with a sauce, used especially for veal
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Source: Wiktionary
Sal"pi*con, n. Etym: [F. salpicon, Sp. salpicon.]
Definition: Chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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