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What makes Italian food so unique and compelling ?
Ed Pawlowski wrote: "brooklyn1" wrote in message You know better than to say everyone in the US subsists on Spam and Velveeta and no one in the US drinks booze, because that would include you. There's more proscutto, parmesan, and dago red consumed in the US than in Italy.. With population difference of 300 million to 58 million, that is true. We are one of the largest markets for produce from Italy. Italy exports most of their gourmet foods production and the US is the biggest importer. Most Americans who visit Italy (or any country) primarily stay at American style hotels; they may as well have stayed home. The regular everyday Italians don't eat what Americans call "Italian Food", most eat exactly what typical Americans eat on a daily basis... in other words they eat half the quantity and pay twice the price. The main difference between typical Americans and the typical Italians is that Italians spend more than twice as much time preparing their meals... and they don't eat better, they simply spend more time cooking because prepared foods that Americans consume are much too expensive... Disagree. I've spent time in Italy I've eaten with the locals, stayed at homes, not hotels. I've also shopped at the supermarkets and bought groceries to cook our meals. In Italy you will see very little of the processed foods, the Velveeta cheese, the Kraft mac & cheese, and many other products of that type. You will find the prosciutto hams, the large selection of local cheese, sausages, and regional items. Yes, they have Coke, but the same store is likely to have twice the amount of shelf space for wine than soda. I was blown away at the prices too. In some restaurnats when yhou order wine, the put a pitcher on the table and you drink what you want. Sliced white bread? There may be two kinds available while fresh baked will line the shelves with a half dozen or dozen varieties and sizes. didn't you see all the pictures of dishes Pandora posted, all fussily prepared, but small portions and no expensive ingredients, what Italians call pasta for six would barely feed me and you. The reason pizza in Italy is so bare bones is because with the way Americns pile on toppings hardly any Italians could afford it. And per capita most of the world's developed countries drink more Coke than Americans... if you think Italians don't drink Diet Coke then you spent your time there with your eyes closed... You will find it at some of the bars and smaller shops, but it is not the staple that soda is in most American homes. Aqua with gas is even more likely. You will find it a pizza shops too. A typical side street shop may have 6 to 10 pizzas with different toppings ready for sale by the slice. That's because guinea WOP households are very primitive places, not only do many dwellings not only lack basic refrigeration, but also cooking gas and plumbing and thus modern appliances and so the facilities for food preparation are very limited... Refrigerators and air conditioning are considered still by many in Italy to be "works of the devil", the cool air they produce is considered to be "bad for health"... Not only do they lack modern refrigeration and A/C over there but Italians do not believe in the use of window screens, that is why malaria and polio and other vermin - borne and filth - borne diseases are so practically rife there... Italy really is still Third World, just look at a place like Venice, MOUNDS of rubbish in the streets...and the canale of Venezia are open sewers, they dump the contents of their chamberpots right off of their balconies every morning... Q: What is the Venetian term for "flush"...??? A: "Morning tide"...!!! -- Best Greg "The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."~~~~Margaret Thatcher |
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"Gregory Morrow" ha scritto nel messaggio That's because guinea WOP households are very primitive places, not only do many dwellings not only lack basic refrigeration, but also cooking gas and plumbing and thus modern appliances and so the facilities for food preparation are very limited... Refrigerators and air conditioning are considered still by many in Italy to be "works of the devil", the cool air they produce is considered to be "bad for health"... Not only do they lack modern refrigeration and A/C over there but Italians do not believe in the use of window screens, that is why malaria and polio and other vermin - borne and filth - borne diseases are so practically rife there... Italy really is still Third World, just look at a place like Venice, MOUNDS of rubbish in the streets...and the canale of Venezia are open sewers, they dump the contents of their chamberpots right off of their balconies every morning... I never realized that you were so old that you would have visited Italy in the 19th century. |
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What makes Italian food so unique and compelling ?
On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 09:40:59 +0200, Giusi wrote:
"Gregory Morrow" ha scritto nel messaggio That's because guinea WOP households are very primitive places, not only do many dwellings not only lack basic refrigeration, but also cooking gas and plumbing and thus modern appliances and so the facilities for food preparation are very limited... Refrigerators and air conditioning are considered still by many in Italy to be "works of the devil", the cool air they produce is considered to be "bad for health"... Not only do they lack modern refrigeration and A/C over there but Italians do not believe in the use of window screens, that is why malaria and polio and other vermin - borne and filth - borne diseases are so practically rife there... Italy really is still Third World, just look at a place like Venice, MOUNDS of rubbish in the streets...and the canale of Venezia are open sewers, they dump the contents of their chamberpots right off of their balconies every morning... I never realized that you were so old that you would have visited Italy in the 19th century. of course he's old. it takes a long time to become that stupid. your pal, blake |
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"Gregory Morrow" wrote in message ... Ed Pawlowski wrote: "brooklyn1" wrote in message You know better than to say everyone in the US subsists on Spam and Velveeta and no one in the US drinks booze, because that would include you. There's more proscutto, parmesan, and dago red consumed in the US than in Italy.. With population difference of 300 million to 58 million, that is true. We are one of the largest markets for produce from Italy. Italy exports most of their gourmet foods production and the US is the biggest importer. Most Americans who visit Italy (or any country) primarily stay at American style hotels; they may as well have stayed home. The regular everyday Italians don't eat what Americans call "Italian Food", most eat exactly what typical Americans eat on a daily basis... in other words they eat half the quantity and pay twice the price. The main difference between typical Americans and the typical Italians is that Italians spend more than twice as much time preparing their meals... and they don't eat better, they simply spend more time cooking because prepared foods that Americans consume are much too expensive... Disagree. I've spent time in Italy I've eaten with the locals, stayed at homes, not hotels. I've also shopped at the supermarkets and bought groceries to cook our meals. In Italy you will see very little of the processed foods, the Velveeta cheese, the Kraft mac & cheese, and many other products of that type. You will find the prosciutto hams, the large selection of local cheese, sausages, and regional items. Yes, they have Coke, but the same store is likely to have twice the amount of shelf space for wine than soda. I was blown away at the prices too. In some restaurnats when yhou order wine, the put a pitcher on the table and you drink what you want. Sliced white bread? There may be two kinds available while fresh baked will line the shelves with a half dozen or dozen varieties and sizes. didn't you see all the pictures of dishes Pandora posted, all fussily prepared, but small portions and no expensive ingredients, what Italians call pasta for six would barely feed me and you. The reason pizza in Italy is so bare bones is because with the way Americns pile on toppings hardly any Italians could afford it. And per capita most of the world's developed countries drink more Coke than Americans... if you think Italians don't drink Diet Coke then you spent your time there with your eyes closed... You will find it at some of the bars and smaller shops, but it is not the staple that soda is in most American homes. Aqua with gas is even more likely. You will find it a pizza shops too. A typical side street shop may have 6 to 10 pizzas with different toppings ready for sale by the slice. That's because guinea WOP households are very primitive places, not only do many dwellings not only lack basic refrigeration, but also cooking gas and plumbing and thus modern appliances and so the facilities for food preparation are very limited... Refrigerators and air conditioning are considered still by many in Italy to be "works of the devil", the cool air they produce is considered to be "bad for health"... Not only do they lack modern refrigeration and A/C over there but Italians do not believe in the use of window screens, that is why malaria and polio and other vermin - borne and filth - borne diseases are so practically rife there... Italy really is still Third World, just look at a place like Venice, MOUNDS of rubbish in the streets...and the canale of Venezia are open sewers, they dump the contents of their chamberpots right off of their balconies every morning... Q: What is the Venetian term for "flush"...??? A: "Morning tide"...!!! And the coastal cities ain't bad, I've traveled through the interior of Italy by narrow gauge railroad, slowly wending its way from one midevil village to the next and inbetwixt feifdoms, with filthy peons scratching out meager viands keeping the worst for themselves. The only real wealth in Italy is the Vatican, The Maffia, and the Touristas... there's also a fairly large contingency of pickpockets and prostitutes. The vast majority, compared to the US, subsist a millimeter from abject poverty. |
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"Giusi" wrote in message ... "Gregory Morrow" ha scritto nel messaggio That's because guinea WOP households are very primitive places, not only do many dwellings not only lack basic refrigeration, but also cooking gas and plumbing and thus modern appliances and so the facilities for food preparation are very limited... Refrigerators and air conditioning are considered still by many in Italy to be "works of the devil", the cool air they produce is considered to be "bad for health"... Not only do they lack modern refrigeration and A/C over there but Italians do not believe in the use of window screens, that is why malaria and polio and other vermin - borne and filth - borne diseases are so practically rife there... Italy really is still Third World, just look at a place like Venice, MOUNDS of rubbish in the streets...and the canale of Venezia are open sewers, they dump the contents of their chamberpots right off of their balconies every morning... I never realized that you were so old that you would have visited Italy in the 19th century. Italy is still in the 19th century, and that's only for the priviledged few. The majority of Italians are living in the 16th century. |
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"brooklyn1" wrote: Italy is still in the 19th century, and that's only for the priviledged few. The majority of Italians are living in the 16th century. how come they are so much better dressed than americans? But then-everybody is! |
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On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:36:04 +0000, brooklyn1 wrote:
And the coastal cities ain't bad, I've traveled through the interior of Italy by narrow gauge railroad, slowly wending its way from one midevil village to the next and inbetwixt feifdoms, with filthy peons scratching out meager viands keeping the worst for themselves. The only real wealth in Italy is the Vatican, The Maffia, and the Touristas... there's also a fairly large contingency of pickpockets and prostitutes. The vast majority, compared to the US, subsist a millimeter from abject poverty. Have you considered visiting Italy since about 1960? I can recommend Milan... -- William Black |
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What makes Italian food so unique and compelling ?
"Pentaxuser" wrote in message ... "brooklyn1" wrote: Italy is still in the 19th century, and that's only for the priviledged few. The majority of Italians are living in the 16th century. how come they are so much better dressed than americans? I told you... those are the mafiosa dons and their toadies, the child molestors in the vatican (that's a whole country worth of minor's peepee suckers), and the hoe's pimps (pimp is probably the most respectible actual occupation in Italy). Truth is the poorest rural US hillybilly's wally world clothes are ten times better than the raggedy **** encrusted schmatahs those peons in the dago countryside drape over their festering ugli butts... most don't even have shoes. And uou don't even want to compare ghetto gear. Guineas dress like you type, lazy ass imbecile. |
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What makes Italian food so unique and compelling ?
blake murphy wrote: On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 09:40:59 +0200, Giusi wrote: "Gregory Morrow" ha scritto nel messaggio That's because guinea WOP households are very primitive places, not only do many dwellings not only lack basic refrigeration, but also cooking gas and plumbing and thus modern appliances and so the facilities for food preparation are very limited... Refrigerators and air conditioning are considered still by many in Italy to be "works of the devil", the cool air they produce is considered to be "bad for health"... Not only do they lack modern refrigeration and A/C over there but Italians do not believe in the use of window screens, that is why malaria and polio and other vermin - borne and filth - borne diseases are so practically rife there... Italy really is still Third World, just look at a place like Venice, MOUNDS of rubbish in the streets...and the canale of Venezia are open sewers, they dump the contents of their chamberpots right off of their balconies every morning... I never realized that you were so old that you would have visited Italy in the 19th century. of course he's old. it takes a long time to become that stupid. I know you are just trolling, blake, so I won't take your comment *personally*... ;-) -- Best Greg "The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."~~~~Margaret Thatcher |
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William Black wrote: On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:36:04 +0000, brooklyn1 wrote: And the coastal cities ain't bad, I've traveled through the interior of Italy by narrow gauge railroad, slowly wending its way from one midevil village to the next and inbetwixt feifdoms, with filthy peons scratching out meager viands keeping the worst for themselves. The only real wealth in Italy is the Vatican, The Maffia, and the Touristas... there's also a fairly large contingency of pickpockets and prostitutes. The vast majority, compared to the US, subsist a millimeter from abject poverty. Have you considered visiting Italy since about 1960? I can recommend Milan... DFM said that Milano was boring...like Leeds, but with better spag bol. ;-) -- Best Greg "The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."~~~~Margaret Thatcher |
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