Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agopasta bowl of nadeslemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1116arrow-down1imagepasta bowl of nadeslemmy.sdf.orgDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square20linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGreglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·5 days agoMeatballs is a Swedish thing and I never saw that in Italy. Which Italian region has meatballs? Except New Jersey.
minus-squarebe_gt@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 days agoItalian version is called polpette. More often boiled in a sauce rather that fried in a pan.
minus-squareGreglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 days agoSo we can agree that “pasta with meatballs” is not a common dish even in the north of Italy? I rarely see polpette in general at restaurants and I never saw such paring with pasta.
minus-squareEq0@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoAgreed on this. Polpette is supposed to be a second course, while pasta sauces are supposed to be “saucy”, not over-clumpy as polpette
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoMeatballs are an everywhere thing, my friend.
minus-squareEq0@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoIn the north, they exist, usually in tomato sauce, but not as a pasta sauce Link
minus-squareummthatguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoThis moment from The Godfather is a staple of the “Italian American” fiction, made more ridiculous after The Sopranos.
minus-squareEq0@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoIn the north, they exist, usually in tomato sauce, but not as a pasta sauce Link
minus-squareEq0@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoIn the north, they exist, usually in tomato sauce, but not as a pasta sauce Link
Meatballs is a Swedish thing and I never saw that in Italy. Which Italian region has meatballs? Except New Jersey.
Italian version is called polpette. More often boiled in a sauce rather that fried in a pan.
So we can agree that “pasta with meatballs” is not a common dish even in the north of Italy? I rarely see polpette in general at restaurants and I never saw such paring with pasta.
Agreed on this. Polpette is supposed to be a second course, while pasta sauces are supposed to be “saucy”, not over-clumpy as polpette
I appreciate your clarification! Well put!
its italian
Meatballs are an everywhere thing, my friend.
In the north, they exist, usually in tomato sauce, but not as a pasta sauce
Link
This moment from The Godfather is a staple of the “Italian American” fiction, made more ridiculous after The Sopranos.
In the north, they exist, usually in tomato sauce, but not as a pasta sauce
Link
In the north, they exist, usually in tomato sauce, but not as a pasta sauce
Link