I’ll put mushrooms in just about anything they’ll taste good in .
Mushrooms were fairly standard in them, no peppers, but courgettes were/are her vegetable of choice to put in literally anything.
I mean I don’t do that.
but you will find a lot of garlic.
My mum would use it as a way to get us to eat extra veg. I’m happy with that
My mother once put potatoes in. 30 years later me and my sister still tease her about it!
If i aim for a more traditional ragu, I dont add them, but when its just a standard spag bol, that is basically the bastardised touristy version of a traditional dish, then add whatever the hell you want.
I don’t eat enough vegetables so any meal where I can cram extra into it is a bonus
I put red peppers in mine
My mum hasn’t made my dinner for me in over 40 years.
You assume too much.
Mushrooms are the best bit, they way they soak up the flavor as you reduce the ragu
If my mum could put mushrooms in my cereal, she would.
A classic Bolognese is beef, pork, and veal.
I’m a dad that insists on mushrooms in a spag bol. It would be boring without them.
Next you’ll be telling me using tomato puree isn’t traditional 🤨
No mushrooms?
Your not a fungi to be around
Cream doesn’t go in Carbonara either
ALL the veg. Onion, mushroom, pepper, tomatoes, and a healthy amount of red wine 🤤
Mushrooms belong in anything savoury
Wellwhat does it have?? Its got everything in it and its bloody lovely!
Yes. Yes she did. And it was *better for it.*
Who writes spaghetti Bol?
Bolognese is also not served with spaghetti so all bets are off when it comes to spag bol. It’s the spaghetti wild West.
She instists spaghetti bolognese is Italian and has carrots and celery, while spag bol is British and has mushrooms and peppers.
put whatever you want in it . enjoy your food
Look, if my grandmother had wheels she would be a bicycle.
I put those and carrots and onions in mine. A bolognese with only meat and sauce is a weak, abysmal *failure* of a bolognese, in my opinion, lmao. Where’s the *heart*? It’s so boring without them
Dried porcini mushrooms and their hydration water are the secret ingredient to a top tier bolognese
Nope but it’s still delicious when people do
Dont care, still good
Given the price of mince anything that can pad it out to two meals is fine by me
I like mushrooms and peppers. So fuck off.
I do that myself and I’m not even a mum!
Didn’t even know it wasn’t supposed to be in there actually. I assume I got it from my mum probably though lol.
Definitely better with than without.
Yeah, this is probably just another example of Italians and their “if my grandmother had wheels she would be a bicycle!” mentality.
Look it may not be authentic but the extra veg makes it better.
Give me a spag bol with mushroom, peppers and random shit over an authentic Ragu Allá Bolognese any day.
You know that famous clip of Gino D’Campo raging about carbonara? “If my grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bicycle”. I have the same reaction when I see statements like the one in this image. “Bolognese doesn’t have mushrooms or peppers in it” makes zero sense in the context of British cooking. A bolognese has mushrooms or peppers in it if you put mushrooms or peppers in your bolognese.
I think it comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of British attitudes towards recipes and dishes. In Italy, a bolognese is a very specific dish, composed of a specific set of ingredients prepared and cooked in a specific way. Sure, there’s some room for variation, but the base recipe is widely agreed upon. To an Italian, if you were to change one of the fundamental parts of a bolognese, it would simply not be a bolognese. But this is the complete opposite of the British view. In Britain, dishes are more like loose ideas.
Take something like Shepherd’s Pie; a classic English dish, minced lamb in gravy, topped with mashed potato. Now, if someone were to add broccoli and courgette to the minced lamb, and then top it with mashed swede, a British person might think it was weird and unusual, but I don’t think anyone would argue it’s not a Shepherd’s Pie.
It’s the same for all our national dishes. Fish and chips could be made using basically any fish, and served with any sauce. A Sunday roast can use any meat and/or vegetables.
Imagine two plates of food. One has sausage, egg, tomatoes, black pudding, hash brown. The other has bacon, mushrooms, baked beans, chips and toast. Congratulations, you’ve just imagined two English breakfasts.
I think we should be more proud of this loose approach to cuisine. We’re not as rigid in our views on food as other countries. We’re not as strict in our cooking traditions as the French or the Italians. That’s a good thing! We play with our food. We alter and substitute and “bastardize” recipes to make food that suits our needs and our tastes. I think that’s fun, and I think it’s only snobs who see it as a bad thing.
I love people who gatekeep literal peasant food.
Bolognese is just a stew. You put in it whatever the fuck you have available, because you are a starving peasant and the alternative is being hungry, and Tesco (or Carrefour since it’s Italian) won’t be invented for another 500 years.
I think you’re allowed to put whatever ingredients you want in any food
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I’ll put mushrooms in just about anything they’ll taste good in .
Mushrooms were fairly standard in them, no peppers, but courgettes were/are her vegetable of choice to put in literally anything.
I mean I don’t do that.
but you will find a lot of garlic.
My mum would use it as a way to get us to eat extra veg. I’m happy with that
My mother once put potatoes in. 30 years later me and my sister still tease her about it!
If i aim for a more traditional ragu, I dont add them, but when its just a standard spag bol, that is basically the bastardised touristy version of a traditional dish, then add whatever the hell you want.
I don’t eat enough vegetables so any meal where I can cram extra into it is a bonus
I put red peppers in mine
My mum hasn’t made my dinner for me in over 40 years.
You assume too much.
Mushrooms are the best bit, they way they soak up the flavor as you reduce the ragu
If my mum could put mushrooms in my cereal, she would.
A classic Bolognese is beef, pork, and veal.
I’m a dad that insists on mushrooms in a spag bol. It would be boring without them.
Next you’ll be telling me using tomato puree isn’t traditional 🤨
No mushrooms?
Your not a fungi to be around
Cream doesn’t go in Carbonara either
ALL the veg. Onion, mushroom, pepper, tomatoes, and a healthy amount of red wine 🤤
Mushrooms belong in anything savoury
Wellwhat does it have?? Its got everything in it and its bloody lovely!
Yes. Yes she did. And it was *better for it.*
Who writes spaghetti Bol?
Bolognese is also not served with spaghetti so all bets are off when it comes to spag bol. It’s the spaghetti wild West.
She instists spaghetti bolognese is Italian and has carrots and celery, while spag bol is British and has mushrooms and peppers.
put whatever you want in it . enjoy your food
Look, if my grandmother had wheels she would be a bicycle.
I put those and carrots and onions in mine. A bolognese with only meat and sauce is a weak, abysmal *failure* of a bolognese, in my opinion, lmao. Where’s the *heart*? It’s so boring without them
Dried porcini mushrooms and their hydration water are the secret ingredient to a top tier bolognese
Nope but it’s still delicious when people do
Dont care, still good
Given the price of mince anything that can pad it out to two meals is fine by me
I like mushrooms and peppers. So fuck off.
I do that myself and I’m not even a mum!
Didn’t even know it wasn’t supposed to be in there actually. I assume I got it from my mum probably though lol.
Definitely better with than without.
Yeah, this is probably just another example of Italians and their “if my grandmother had wheels she would be a bicycle!” mentality.
Look it may not be authentic but the extra veg makes it better.
Give me a spag bol with mushroom, peppers and random shit over an authentic Ragu Allá Bolognese any day.
You know that famous clip of Gino D’Campo raging about carbonara? “If my grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bicycle”. I have the same reaction when I see statements like the one in this image. “Bolognese doesn’t have mushrooms or peppers in it” makes zero sense in the context of British cooking. A bolognese has mushrooms or peppers in it if you put mushrooms or peppers in your bolognese.
I think it comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of British attitudes towards recipes and dishes. In Italy, a bolognese is a very specific dish, composed of a specific set of ingredients prepared and cooked in a specific way. Sure, there’s some room for variation, but the base recipe is widely agreed upon. To an Italian, if you were to change one of the fundamental parts of a bolognese, it would simply not be a bolognese. But this is the complete opposite of the British view. In Britain, dishes are more like loose ideas.
Take something like Shepherd’s Pie; a classic English dish, minced lamb in gravy, topped with mashed potato. Now, if someone were to add broccoli and courgette to the minced lamb, and then top it with mashed swede, a British person might think it was weird and unusual, but I don’t think anyone would argue it’s not a Shepherd’s Pie.
It’s the same for all our national dishes. Fish and chips could be made using basically any fish, and served with any sauce. A Sunday roast can use any meat and/or vegetables.
Imagine two plates of food. One has sausage, egg, tomatoes, black pudding, hash brown. The other has bacon, mushrooms, baked beans, chips and toast. Congratulations, you’ve just imagined two English breakfasts.
I think we should be more proud of this loose approach to cuisine. We’re not as rigid in our views on food as other countries. We’re not as strict in our cooking traditions as the French or the Italians. That’s a good thing! We play with our food. We alter and substitute and “bastardize” recipes to make food that suits our needs and our tastes. I think that’s fun, and I think it’s only snobs who see it as a bad thing.
I love people who gatekeep literal peasant food.
Bolognese is just a stew. You put in it whatever the fuck you have available, because you are a starving peasant and the alternative is being hungry, and Tesco (or Carrefour since it’s Italian) won’t be invented for another 500 years.
I think you’re allowed to put whatever ingredients you want in any food
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