Talk:Bistecca alla fiorentina

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The English Knights dates back to 1384 sir john Hawkwood asking for beef steak bistecca
 * Really? Citation needed. --Macrakis (talk) 13:57, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

History
The History section reads like a tourist brochure and has no sources. Moreover, the word bistecca is only attested starting in the 19th century, so the story is nonsense. The Fanfani dictionary (1863) says it is a neologismo. I will remove the nonsense and replace with RS. --Macrakis (talk) 13:57, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Of course, it's possible in principle that the British didn't introduce the dish, just the name. But we'd need reliable sources for that.
 * By the way, the association with St Lawrence presumably comes because St Lawrence was supposedly martyred by being grilled. --Macrakis (talk) 15:43, 23 August 2023 (UTC)