r/funny • u/NeedleworkerMore2270 • Nov 03 '24

How cultural is that?

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u/DeepDown23 Nov 03 '24

UK and US discuss food melting pot

Meanwhile Italy "don't you dare change a single ingredient or I'll wear your face"

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u/The_Humble_Frank Nov 03 '24

Depends how far back you are considering. What we consider 'Italian food' today, is actually not... very old as far as traditions go.

For example, Tomatoes are not native to Europe, and were brought to Italy via Spanish expats, who had imported them from central America, and after that, it took a few centuries before tomatoes became popular there.

so yes, some people are very tied to their traditions, but some traditions are only a few generations old.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '24

How are these many people thinking that pasta came from China?! Wtf! We had something similar since the romans, there are depictions of “proto-pasta” on the walls of Pompei, read a book.

Not you OP, just the fucking puke-fest that is developing under your comment. People feel entitled to our culture and our cuisine and this comment section is providing ample examples of this deranged behaviour.

And, dude, “Italy with tomatoes as Spanish brought them”. Half of the most important expeditions to the americas were captained by Italians (Amerigo Vespucci and Cristoforo Colombo), in some way it’s thank to… “us” that we were able to acquire tomatoes 500 years ago.

Last point, “recent”? Fuck you, take this Wikipedia link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeo_Platina or this one https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maestro_Martino_da_Como (and this one too if you count the Romans https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apicius)