Comment on in all fairness italian cuisine is a relatively recent invention
mrslt@lemmy.world 1 day ago
“Relatively recent”
I’ll be sure to let the Etruscans know.
It’s a reference to Alberto Grandi and his theses about the origins of many popular Italian dishes that are perceived as “traditional” but did become mainstream until after WWII (and that Italian cuisine before that was much more regional and less homogeneous).
I think there’s something to those arguments, but it is worth noting that he’s not really a “food historian” as he’s often described but a professor of economics and management.
economics and management
The foremost things I have with every meal.
The Etruscans, famously known for their tomato sauce.
Yeah, all they did was form the basis for modern pasta, and cultivating the seasonings used by modern Italians. I’m sure that counts for absolutely nothing. /s
Ahkshually, cultures all over the world have eaten crustaceans for millennia!
(I made up that fact for the sake of the punch line, no idea if accurate)
My people would rather have starved than eat crustaceans. Lobsters were being fed to prisoners in the US until recently. People are weird.
(It was a valiant attempt)
swampdownloader@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Isn’t tomato native to the Americas?
ikidd@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And pasta to China.
merc@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Pasta has been around in Italy since at least the Roman era. The story that they didn’t know about pasta until Marco Polo returned from China is just not true. He might have brought back some specific new recipes, but Italians have been enjoying pasta since before the three kingdoms began their romance.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Most food is.