Having ketchup on pasta should be a crime for everyone
Putting pasta in cold water then boiling it? That goes beyond acceptability and moves into the space of not making sense
Hong Kong, the land of freedom where everything is possible.
At least we Germans put salt in the water….
I once put cheese on a pasta meal with mushrooms and the Italians around me told me that this is also a big no go in Italy.
Nothing about banana on pizza. We’re good!
Indonesia delenda est
And I thought these are common sense
Counterpoint: I’ll eat whatever I want and you can’t stop me
Suddendly I don’t feel sorry for the Hongkongers anymore…
EU doing everything they can do avoid a war in Ukraine whilst the Danes are antagonising the Italians by murdering their cuisine.
Drinking cappuccino after meal …. spain bros….why…
Surprised how many Poles think that you need to put oil in the water… This doesn’t make any sense. Why would someone do that? For what purpose?
Or how many Poles think that cooling off pasta is okay. Anyone who likes to eat cold pasta is a psychopath and is a danger to the society.
Phew, I am not doing anything listed as “Unacceptable to Italians”. But I’m certain that’s just on a technicality: I don’t use a knife to cut my Spaghetti, I use scissors. Also, why did they ask Italians about their take on pineapple pizza, but not on BBQ sauce, Curry sauce or Hollandaise sauce? I’m not so sure whether they would approve of the BBQ sauce I put below my salami? Also, for salami pizza: salami on cheese or cheese on salami?
Nothing about serving Lasagne with Chips and Coleslaw…
People who put ketchup on pasta should switch to concentrated tomato paste; I feel like that would be more acceptable.
So they finally bothered to ask Denmark and just not assume people in the other Nordic countries are just like Sweden. And as a, thank you, Denmark responded almost exactly the same as Sweden.
I am surprised that Denmark is only at -12 for Not adding salt to water.
We all know salt is a spice in Denmark.
TIL I’m more italian than spanish
So the whole world drinks cappuccino after a meal, except for Italians.
What I would be more interesting to hear other than hearing Italians say how things *should be done*, is how do they *actually do things.*
How often do you “cheat” the rules?
/Edit: And I don’t mean the retarded things such as putting pasta in cold water, rinsing it or not adding salt. More like, drinking Cappuccino whenever you feel like it.
To me, as an Italian, the last five are totally unacceptable, the rest is more or less up to the single person
*having ketchup with pasta: +79 in Hong Kong*
Am I living in parallel Hong Kong? Never heard of people putting actual ketchup with pasta before in my whole life and I am a Cantonese local….
But I did learnt “don’t drink cappuccino after morning” in a hard way though, by being laughed at by my Italian prof in Italy lol
What’s wrong with having Bolognese with spaghetti? As opposed to some other kind of pasta, or what?
Most of Asia does not care what the Italians think, because what we get here is not Italian food, but a local interpretation of Italian cuisine.
At least in India, any cuisine has to undergo massive modification to even make it palatable to the masses. One of the most popular foreign cuisine in India is Chinese. But it has been so bastardised that it is almost entirely unrecognisable to the Chinese. Indian Chinese cuisine has become its own thing and is loved by Indians.
There is a similar thing happening with Pizza and Pasta. The more wide spread it becomes, the more it will be bastardised. To make matters worse, we were introduced to these dishes by the Americans. So, we are making a copy of a copy.
All of this pizza talk is making me hungry for a schezwan paneer pizza, which is a bastard of a Indian, Chinese and Italian threesome.
Pasta cooking method is simple: fill a pot with water, heat the water until it boils, add salt, pour pasta, cook for the indicated amount of time. In this order.
Reason: when water boils, it stays at a constant temperature, because it is changing phase from liquid to gas. Heat transfer from liquid to pasta is “better” in this way.
Bonus: you can add salt before heating up water, but in that case salt makes the water boil at a higher temperature, so it takes more time to boil.
Personally, I add salt when it is already boiling not to waste time.
Most of the time it is just us Italians bitching about food for whatever good or bad reason. These ones actually have scientific background
Edit: thank you people for the feedback about the salt! maybe I was wrong when I noticed I saved some time.
(The amount of time was very little, but whatever, i learned this topic in chemistry back in the day and i’ve always exploited it, not caring much about real computations, my bad).
“Ketchup on pasta”.
OMG Poland and Upside Down Poland.
Whoever voted that cooling pasta with cold water is okay should be exiled from Spain
I admit it, I have done the cappuchino-after-the-meal thing just to tease Italian friends… In the evening! 😀
I rinse pasta in cold water all the time :C
I align with Italians on all things but one: I’m a cappuccino rebel and drink it whenever I want during weekends when I feel like treating myself haha
Who the fucks adds ketchup to the pasta? I’m not even italian and I can be triggered if I see someone eating that!
Reminds me of a friend who lived in Italy and had to explain to visiting Irish relatives the dos and don’ts of Italian food. His sister said she wanted a cappuccino after her dinner. He explained that that wasn’t the done thing. She ordered one anyway:
“Cappuccino please”
“No, you can’t have a cappuccino, it’s too late.”
“Excuse me, I’m the customer and I want a cappuccino!”
Okay, well I’m the owner of this restaurant and I’m telling you you can’t have one!”
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Having ketchup on pasta should be a crime for everyone
Putting pasta in cold water then boiling it? That goes beyond acceptability and moves into the space of not making sense
Hong Kong, the land of freedom where everything is possible.
At least we Germans put salt in the water….
I once put cheese on a pasta meal with mushrooms and the Italians around me told me that this is also a big no go in Italy.
Nothing about banana on pizza. We’re good!
Indonesia delenda est
And I thought these are common sense
Counterpoint: I’ll eat whatever I want and you can’t stop me
Suddendly I don’t feel sorry for the Hongkongers anymore…
EU doing everything they can do avoid a war in Ukraine whilst the Danes are antagonising the Italians by murdering their cuisine.
Drinking cappuccino after meal …. spain bros….why…
Surprised how many Poles think that you need to put oil in the water… This doesn’t make any sense. Why would someone do that? For what purpose?
Or how many Poles think that cooling off pasta is okay. Anyone who likes to eat cold pasta is a psychopath and is a danger to the society.
Phew, I am not doing anything listed as “Unacceptable to Italians”. But I’m certain that’s just on a technicality: I don’t use a knife to cut my Spaghetti, I use scissors. Also, why did they ask Italians about their take on pineapple pizza, but not on BBQ sauce, Curry sauce or Hollandaise sauce? I’m not so sure whether they would approve of the BBQ sauce I put below my salami? Also, for salami pizza: salami on cheese or cheese on salami?
Nothing about serving Lasagne with Chips and Coleslaw…
We’re off the hook!
> ketchup with pasta
But this is part of Nordic food culture.
https://www.google.com/search?q=ketchup+makaroner&tbm=isch
People who put ketchup on pasta should switch to concentrated tomato paste; I feel like that would be more acceptable.
So they finally bothered to ask Denmark and just not assume people in the other Nordic countries are just like Sweden. And as a, thank you, Denmark responded almost exactly the same as Sweden.
I am surprised that Denmark is only at -12 for Not adding salt to water.
We all know salt is a spice in Denmark.
TIL I’m more italian than spanish
So the whole world drinks cappuccino after a meal, except for Italians.
What I would be more interesting to hear other than hearing Italians say how things *should be done*, is how do they *actually do things.*
How often do you “cheat” the rules?
/Edit: And I don’t mean the retarded things such as putting pasta in cold water, rinsing it or not adding salt. More like, drinking Cappuccino whenever you feel like it.
To me, as an Italian, the last five are totally unacceptable, the rest is more or less up to the single person
*having ketchup with pasta: +79 in Hong Kong*
Am I living in parallel Hong Kong? Never heard of people putting actual ketchup with pasta before in my whole life and I am a Cantonese local….
But I did learnt “don’t drink cappuccino after morning” in a hard way though, by being laughed at by my Italian prof in Italy lol
What’s wrong with having Bolognese with spaghetti? As opposed to some other kind of pasta, or what?
Most of Asia does not care what the Italians think, because what we get here is not Italian food, but a local interpretation of Italian cuisine.
At least in India, any cuisine has to undergo massive modification to even make it palatable to the masses. One of the most popular foreign cuisine in India is Chinese. But it has been so bastardised that it is almost entirely unrecognisable to the Chinese. Indian Chinese cuisine has become its own thing and is loved by Indians.
There is a similar thing happening with Pizza and Pasta. The more wide spread it becomes, the more it will be bastardised. To make matters worse, we were introduced to these dishes by the Americans. So, we are making a copy of a copy.
All of this pizza talk is making me hungry for a schezwan paneer pizza, which is a bastard of a Indian, Chinese and Italian threesome.
Pasta cooking method is simple: fill a pot with water, heat the water until it boils, add salt, pour pasta, cook for the indicated amount of time. In this order.
Reason: when water boils, it stays at a constant temperature, because it is changing phase from liquid to gas. Heat transfer from liquid to pasta is “better” in this way.
Bonus: you can add salt before heating up water, but in that case salt makes the water boil at a higher temperature, so it takes more time to boil.
Personally, I add salt when it is already boiling not to waste time.
Most of the time it is just us Italians bitching about food for whatever good or bad reason. These ones actually have scientific background
Edit: thank you people for the feedback about the salt! maybe I was wrong when I noticed I saved some time.
(The amount of time was very little, but whatever, i learned this topic in chemistry back in the day and i’ve always exploited it, not caring much about real computations, my bad).
“Ketchup on pasta”.
OMG Poland and Upside Down Poland.
Whoever voted that cooling pasta with cold water is okay should be exiled from Spain
I admit it, I have done the cappuchino-after-the-meal thing just to tease Italian friends… In the evening! 😀
I rinse pasta in cold water all the time :C
I align with Italians on all things but one: I’m a cappuccino rebel and drink it whenever I want during weekends when I feel like treating myself haha
Who the fucks adds ketchup to the pasta? I’m not even italian and I can be triggered if I see someone eating that!
Reminds me of a friend who lived in Italy and had to explain to visiting Irish relatives the dos and don’ts of Italian food. His sister said she wanted a cappuccino after her dinner. He explained that that wasn’t the done thing. She ordered one anyway:
“Cappuccino please”
“No, you can’t have a cappuccino, it’s too late.”
“Excuse me, I’m the customer and I want a cappuccino!”
Okay, well I’m the owner of this restaurant and I’m telling you you can’t have one!”