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To mix or not to mix? That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer, the soaking of pasta in outrageous marinara, or to take arms against a se
by SpaceL10n 4y ago
To mix or not to mix? That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer, the soaking of pasta in outrageous marinara, or to take arms against a sea of sauce.
I remember Anthony Bourdain asking his Sicilian family this question, and the table erupted in hot debate. I'm not sure you are "wrong".
- mrguyorama 4y agoMixing and finishing the pasta in the sauce results in better tasting food. I don't care if some angry Sicilian claims that's not "authentic" or some garbage. They don't own the concept of pasta in tomato sauce anymore.
- torstenvl 4y agoThey never did. Tomatoes are 100% American. They do not grow natively in Italy or anywhere else in Europe.
- buildbot 4y agoI always found this to be extremely amusing, so much of our cultural food touchstones are less old than we think. Tempura for example, is originally Portuguese. Salmon was not used for sushi until pretty recently (needs to be flash frozen to be safe for this one). Japanese curry? From Britain! By way if India.
- bckr 4y agoBiryani? Adapted from Persian cooking.
- buildbot 4y agoOoo that’s a new one for me, awesome! Biryani is so good.
- acchow 4y agoFrom India by way of Britain, right?
- buildbot 4y agoYes sorry. That is the better way to say it.
- d13 4y agoBy way of Britain is correct. British ‘curry’ is anything cooked with ‘curry powder’ which is an entirely British invention which is not used in India. It’s this curry powder from which Japanese and Korean curries are made.
- buildbot 4y agoI also did not know this! That is really interesting.
- nszceta 4y agoEUers mostly eat Tomatoes grown within a few hundred miles of EU borders. Not from America. Morocco is the leading supplier to the EU, accounting for 70% of the EU's total imports, followed by Turkey.
- xypage 4y agoWhat they mean is that they originate from the Americas, not that it's the only place they grow, meaning it's not an ancient Italian dish. It didn't become popular in Italian food until the 18th century [1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#Italy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#Italy
- eddsh1994 4y agoWhile they might not have been making tomato-based pastas until the 17/18th century that's still earlier than the founding of the US - I think we can credit Sicily with having some impact on tomato based pastas!
- xypage 4y agoI meant the Americas as a continent not the US specifically, and yeah I agree that Italy gets to be an authority on the subject. I was mainly replying to the other person taking "tomatoes are 100% American" to mean all tomatoes are grown in America because that wasn't at all what the comment they'd replied to was saying.
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- saiya-jin 4y agoHe meant historically, tomatoes are native to South America before being brought everywhere else. So ie a Sicilian getting angry about not doing some red sauce pasta dish due to feeling this is their heritage original dish and they have patent on the proper procedure... it depends how far back in time you look. Same ie potatoes in eastern Europe, a base in many many 'traditional' dishes. Yes if we look maybe 10 generations back, not so much for say 30 generations