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Alheira, a distinctive Portuguese smoked sausage, was supposedly created by which group to mimic pork products during the Inquisition?

Answer: Judeus (Jews) — Alheira was purportedly invented by Portuguese Jews (cristãos-novos) who wanted to appear to be eating pork sausages, filling it instead with poultry and bread.

Alheira was purportedly invented by Portuguese Jews (cristãos-novos) who wanted to appear to be eating pork sausages, filling it instead with poultry and bread.

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