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There is a document in the National Historical Museum, in Argentina, that dates the invention of dulce de leche to 1829. Juan Manuel de Rosas and his political enemy (and cousin brother) Juan Lavalle were about to meet to sign a pact of peace (Pact of Cañuelas) in Rosas' state, in the village of Cañuelas, just outside of Buenos Aires. Lavalle was the first to arrive and, fatigued, lay down on Rosas' cot and fell asleep. Rosas' maid, while boiling milk with sugar (preparation known at that …