The Etruscans, famously known for their tomato sauce.
Comment on in all fairness italian cuisine is a relatively recent invention
mrslt@lemmy.world 1 month ago
“Relatively recent”
I’ll be sure to let the Etruscans know.
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 month ago
mrslt@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
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.
tomenzgg@midwest.social 1 month ago
economics and management
The foremost things I have with every meal.
Zink@programming.dev 1 month ago
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)
logi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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 month ago
Isn’t tomato native to the Americas?
ikidd@lemmy.world 1 month ago
And pasta to China.
merc@sh.itjust.works 1 month 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 month ago
Most food is.