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On Friday, 17 September 2021, 05:10:11 pm AEST, Antonio Menezes <ac.mene...@gmail.com> wrote: Pao, the Goan specialty bakery product, is derived from the Portuguese nasal work pao meaning bread. Till about the end of 18th century, pao was unknown in Western India and the locals only ate the unleavened bread called chapati. When the British arrived in West India by the 18th century they had to import bakers and chefs from England to feed their troops whose main meal was composed of bread and meat products. Not only bread but even meat dishes were taboo in the hands of the then Indian chiefs. Pao along with meat dishes were introduced in Goa by the missionaries in the 16th century and Goans were well used to feeding on them. When the British troops briefly occupied Goa at the beginning o f 19th century during the Napoleonic wars they found that there was no need to import bakers and chefs to feed their troops. Goans could do the job rather cheaply. That was the beginning of the Goan emigration to other parts of India. PS. The price of the Goan pao has been increased to Rs. 5 per unit from Oct.1st