There is no such thing as Italian food

Gonzo42 wrote:
Hey, Bumpy! Have you ever had Italian Wedding Soup? I've made it several times and its very popular with our friends.

yes, and IIRC, it is made to my previous recipe. take water, 2 cubes of chicken bouillon , and a handful of pasta. :)
reminds me of supper at a small mountain top restaurant, ordered my steak done very, very well (then it ends up sort of cooked medium) and got sneered at by the waiter. then he brought some ketchup to dump on it. I sneered back.
bumpy

Don't try having that discussion with anyone from Italy or Sicily.
I spent 3 weeks over there and the food was great. In the North there is little tomato sauce, but it is all very familiar. The main difference is that they serve in courses, primera, segundo, etc. Portions are small. There are few fat Italians. Walking is part of their culture. I saw more fat people on the plane ride home (full of Americans) than in 3 weeks of traveling around the country.

Hey, Bumpy! Have you ever had Italian Wedding Soup? I've made it several times and its very popular with our friends.

Ralph Cramden wrote:
This thread is bogus......True Italian food exists.......I have had it.

thems fighting words.

Gonzo42 wrote:
Several groups in my bicycle club have done tours in Italy, and the opinion expressed, no matter the region toured, that you can't get a bad meal in Italy.

I assume they were not interested in a good steak. and much of the soup I had there was merely pasta and a slight bit of flavor of chicken.
bumpy

This thread is bogus......True Italian food exists.......I have had it.

There are many sub-generas of Italian food but it's silly to claim there is no Italian food.

Then again most people don't realize that the USA is an older country than Italy if you want to play at semantics but most sane people won't claim the history of the Italian peninsula is younger.

Several groups in my bicycle club have done tours in Italy, and the opinion expressed, no matter the region toured, that you can't get a bad meal in Italy.

I would expect that rice was consumed world wide far more than pasta.

It's interesting that the author of the article in question makes the comment, "Oxfam determined that pasta was the world’s #1 favorite food" as a statement that "Italian" food is the world's most popular. Pasta, as you know, was invented in China, so maybe Chinese food IS the most popular after all.