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The food legend of Risotto alla Milanese (saffron) goes back to 1574. Adding milk,water or broth slowly (rixo in bona manera) goes back even further to the fourteenth century.

Once introduced, rice became a cheap food basic used in the manner of porridge and a staple of the masses. It was the addition of finer ingredients such as milk, cream and saffron that made it "fancy" and upper class.

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