Maybe this is not done because they look kind of ugly. Still seems moderately useful, though.
[Code generated by Claude, plot made in R with the cartogramR package]
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![Screenshot of wikipedia page describing 'placenta cake'. Text below:
Placenta cake is a dish from ancient Greece and Rome consisting of many dough layers interspersed with a mixture of cheese (such as ricotta) and honey and flavored with bay leaves, baked and then covered in honey.[1][2] The dessert is mentioned in classical texts such as the Greek poems of Archestratos and Antiphanes, as well as the De agri cultura of Cato the Elder.[2] It is thought to be related to baklava.[3][1]
Etymology
The Latin word placenta is derived from the Greek plakous (Ancient Greek: πλακοῦς, gen. πλακοῦντος – plakountos, from πλακόεις – plakoeis, "flat") for thin or layered flat breads.[4][5][6]
The placenta of mammalian pregnancy is so named from the perceived resemblance between its shape and that of a placenta cake.[citation needed]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4g4sdwgumcmp7elol6b2rsc6/bafkreigvc3spzvfbak5s6k5ldk4kswuy25bwvs667ndauerw53xc77aum4)
