/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Embrace the garlic. Become one with the garlic.

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I think we're all missing a fundamental difference between italian cuisine and the rest of europe/america.

Are the chefs right to be autistic about the garlic? Yeah, but it also goes to show how unaware they are of how the rest of the world cooks.

Italian cuisine is uber ingredient-focused, because, frankly, they grow some of the best produce in the world. I once visited a tomato farm on holiday near naples and jesus the smell of the entire place was intoxicating and incredibly pungent. Anything you can get in a supermarket stateside won't come close, unless you're buying straight up canned san marzanos.

So, if you live in the states, or anywhere else really, and try and make italian dishes, it's gonna be less flavorful, plain and simple. If you're using dime a dozen eggs and GREAT VALUE spaghetti, you ain't getting the experience, so the idea of adding garlic or cream or any other supplementary flavors is totally understandable.

That's also the reason why the chefs are so autistic about toasting the pepper, because if you're using good pepper and good fat then you'll make a sub par meal if you add the pepper too soon. thing is, if your pepper is average and your meat is average then the overall dish is gonna be average no matter what you do, and there's nothing wrong with that either.

TLDR: neither side seems to understand how the other cooks so everyone looks autistic and stubborn in the end

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quality post

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DINOTENDIES RETURNS FOR QUADS GET
LIFE IS GOOD AGAIN

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YES PLEASE GIVE MORE

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EYA CAN MAKEDE PIZZA

>when mio donna makes la pizza the way mamma did

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