• Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    8 months ago

    Hey, bread is served with meals in most western cuisine. The American part was adding loads of salt and fat on top of those carbs!

    • Damage@feddit.itEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      The only time you need bread with pasta is at the end, to perform “scarpetta”, cleaning the leftover sauce with the bread.

      • sab@kbin.social
        1·
        8 months ago

        At which point the garlic kind of defeats the purpose.

        After a couple of years in Tuscany I even started buying into the idea that salted bread is also a bit overkill.

    • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      Fair enough, though I would argue that the side/appetizer bread doesn’t count because restaurants mostly serve it so the customers gorge themselves on something cheap instead of complaining about tiny main course portions.

    • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
      1·
      8 months ago

      I only know it for things like stews and soups, maybe some fried veggies, not for literal noodles.