Norse poetry has sections like "he killed the most men, he grew the most pungent garlic, he won the most battles, he had 23 sons" when talking up some great king.
No idea how Italians became synonymous with garlic in American culture.
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Whenever you find some culture had its history almost completely destroyed and forgotten the answer is often the same.
True.
