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It was also my experience that lots of places in Italy don't understand the concept of "no dairy". We tried to look up how to say it, but it loosely translates

It was also my experience that lots of places in Italy don't understand the concept of "no dairy". We tried to look up how to say it, but it loosely translates to "no milk". My brother told every restaurant, "No milk, please." Then they'd give him cheese. So we learned to say, "No milk or cheese." So they gave him pasta in a cream sauce. No milk. No cheese. Just butter.

10000truths 5y ago
“Non latticini”?
- vlmutolo 5y ago
  Yep, tried this. Latticini I think is the right word, but people definitely didn't understand the concept of dairy.
- fmntf 5y ago
  "sono intollerante al lattosio"
  - vlmutolo 5y ago
    I'm 85% sure we said this exact phrase. Definitely tried out "lattosio", but no luck.
irrational 5y ago
This reminds me of a scene in My Big Fat Greek Wedding where the aunt, when told the groom doesn't eat meat, responds with "That's okay, I'll make lamb." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFemw_6a-Tg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFemw_6a-Tg
- jghn 5y ago
  A friend of mine got married in NZ and told the caterers they wanted a vegetarian menu. The caterers responded with a lamb focused menu. This was right around when My Big Fat Greek Wedding came out so it came up a lot in the subsequent jokes.