Subj : Shanks
To   : Dale Shipp
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Sun Jul 09 2023 16:05:17

Hello Dale,

 RH>> prefer to get something that I don't make at home. OTOH, Steve's mom
 RH>> (and dad) always order spaghetti and meat balls. Once, while we were in
 RH>> Savannah, we talked Mom into ordering something else--but Dad went with
 RH>> the usual. (G)

 DS> From what you have said, I'd expect that your Dad would have ordered
 DS> steak and potatoes:-}}  Actually, we were on a coach tour of Italy and
 DS> there was one night when we were on our own for dinner, instead of the
 DS> usual group at a restaurant.  A bunch of us went to a restaurant that
 DS> the guide recommended.  The owner set us up in a private upstairs room.
 DS> He provided four pasta dishes, and we order individual entree dishes
 DS> from a menu.

In the USA it is usual fare to have spaghetti and meatballs as a
main dish, all on the same plate. However, in Italy and Sicily it
is different, with meatballs served separate as an appetizer, not
as part of a spaghetti and meatballs combo. Pasta is separate, as
part of a main dish, with no meatballs.

Italian fare is also very regional, not a monolithic single type
food. One could spend a lifetime, in Sicily alone, much less the
rest of Italy, not to mention Sardinia and other regions.

 DS> Two of the pasta dishes were red sauce and two were white
 DS> sauce, including one that had caviar in it.   Since we were in an
 DS> Italian restaurant, I decided to order lasagna from the menu.  Gail went
 DS> with some sort of steak.

 DS> My lasagna was good, but not much different than we might make a home.

Lasagna recipes in Italy and Sicily vary from what is found here.
Some of those differences are not subtle, as you suggest.

 DS> Gail's steak was the best she has had -- before or since.

Many Italian chefs braise meats in milk, including steaks.

And their lasagna is also unique, depending on region.

https://www.mangiabedda.com/sicilian-lasagna/


For Life,
Lee

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Dieting doesn't work, Weight Watchers does

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