Leipziger Allerlei
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Leipziger Allerlei is a regional German vegetable dish consisting of peas
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, carrots, asparagus
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, and morels. There are numerous variations to the basic recipe.

According to legend, the dish was invented in Leipzig
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 after the Napoleonic Wars
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to protect the city from beggars and tax collectors: in storing the more sustaining and more expensive meat-based dishes, and serving vegetables instead, city officials hoped to encourage beggars and tax collectors to move on to neighboring cities.

However, the dish is first attested in a 1745 cookbook.http://www.welt.de/lifestyle/article4246339/Das-Leipziger-Allerlei-ist-eine-verkannte-Delikatesse.html
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