• GregorGizeh@lemmy.zipEnglish
    718·
    10 个月前

    Why would you make a carb side dish for a carb loaded main course? Must be american “cuisine".

    • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      10 个月前

      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·
        10 个月前

        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·
          10 个月前

          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·
        10 个月前

        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·
        10 个月前

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

    • sab@kbin.social
      51·
      10 个月前

      Garlic bread is not a thing in Italy at all. Italians eat white bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

      Garlic bread is an American dish, popular among Italian Americans as a substitute as they couldn’t get olive oil in the US.

      • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        7·
        10 个月前

        Ok, but to address the jerk’s “point”, a carb based side for a carb based entree is not some uniquely American thing.

        • sab@kbin.social
          2·
          10 个月前

          Bruschetta is a completely different thing. I can’t remember ever having it with butter at all.

          Pane all’aglio is just Italian for “bread with garlic”. Italian cook books will market it as an American dish.

          • fsxylo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            10 个月前

            Garlic bread is not a thing in Italy at all.

            You said this. It’s wrong. Even if it’s marketed as “American” it still is a thing in Italy.

            And apparently it’s good enough to import, even if they’ll publicly scoff at it.

              • fsxylo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                1·
                10 个月前

                Garlic bread is not a thing in Italy at all.

                Again, that’s what you said.

                And you’re wrong. It does exist in Italy. You’re just arguing for the sake of it now.