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 If you’re a food blogger who has ever said “Spanish rice” and “Mexican rice” are the sa... 
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you do know this right?

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Spanish colonizers introduced Asian rice to Mexico in the 1520s at Veracruz, and the Portuguese and their African slaves introduced it at about the same time to colonial Brazil.
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PS best to leave the politics out of food and recipes . we al; have to eat ;-)