Cibo ( Food)
. Italians take their food very seriously. Thus the reason for all the work that is put into their cuisines.
. Italians eat many things that are not usually eaten in the UK, for example, snails, horse, donkey, hedgehog, goat, guinea pig, rabbit, wild boar, sea urchin, sea snails, octopus, squid, sparrows, peacock etc.
. Italians only drink milky coffee, like cappuccino and caffelatte , first thing in the morning for breakfast.
. They dunk cakes and biscuits into the milky coffee.
. Italians also make a 'soup' by mashing your biscuits into the cup of coffee and eating it with a spoon.
. Italians do not drink milky coffee at any other time of day.
. The pizza was invented in Naples during the 18th century.
Originally, it was just a dry, flat bread and was considered food for poor people.
During a tour of her country in 1889, Queen Margherita of Italy tried some of the flat bread. She liked it so much that she ordered her chef to prepare various types of pizza for her. He decided to make a pizza containing the three colours of the Italian flag with mozzarella cheese (white), tomato (red) and basil (green). He then named the pizza in her honor - Pizza Margherita.
Pasta:
. Pasta is the most important food in Italy. It means 'paste' because it is a paste of water, flour and sometimes egg. It can be either 'dried' or 'fresh.'
. There are hundreds of different shapes and types of pasta.
here are a few-
-farfalle = butterflies
-penne = quills / pens
-fusilli = spindles
-spaghetti = strings
-vermicelli = little worms
-conchigile = shells
-tortellini = little pies
-fettucine = little slices
. Before the existence of pasta factories, people made their own spaghetti and would hang it outside to dry.
. The Agnese family opened the very first pasta factory near Genova in 1824.
Restaurants:
. There are different types of premises serving food in Italy. For example:
Ristorante - serves all foods but pizza.
Trattoria - serves all foods but pizza. This is an 'informal' restaurant where you may be expected to share your table with strangers. Pizzeria - specializes in pizza.
Agriturismo - a restaurant on a farm, serving home-produced food.
Tavola Calda - self-service restaurant, literally meaning 'hot table.'
Rosticceria - a 'take-away' serving roast meat, especially chicken.
Paninoteca - a sandwich shop bar.
Spaghetteria - specialises in pasta.
Often, an eating place is a combination of categories, -
Ristorante-Pizzeria, Bar-Paninoteca, Bar-Pizzeria, etc.
. Italians eat many things that are not usually eaten in the UK, for example, snails, horse, donkey, hedgehog, goat, guinea pig, rabbit, wild boar, sea urchin, sea snails, octopus, squid, sparrows, peacock etc.
. Italians only drink milky coffee, like cappuccino and caffelatte , first thing in the morning for breakfast.
. They dunk cakes and biscuits into the milky coffee.
. Italians also make a 'soup' by mashing your biscuits into the cup of coffee and eating it with a spoon.
. Italians do not drink milky coffee at any other time of day.
. The pizza was invented in Naples during the 18th century.
Originally, it was just a dry, flat bread and was considered food for poor people.
During a tour of her country in 1889, Queen Margherita of Italy tried some of the flat bread. She liked it so much that she ordered her chef to prepare various types of pizza for her. He decided to make a pizza containing the three colours of the Italian flag with mozzarella cheese (white), tomato (red) and basil (green). He then named the pizza in her honor - Pizza Margherita.
Pasta:
. Pasta is the most important food in Italy. It means 'paste' because it is a paste of water, flour and sometimes egg. It can be either 'dried' or 'fresh.'
. There are hundreds of different shapes and types of pasta.
here are a few-
-farfalle = butterflies
-penne = quills / pens
-fusilli = spindles
-spaghetti = strings
-vermicelli = little worms
-conchigile = shells
-tortellini = little pies
-fettucine = little slices
. Before the existence of pasta factories, people made their own spaghetti and would hang it outside to dry.
. The Agnese family opened the very first pasta factory near Genova in 1824.
Restaurants:
. There are different types of premises serving food in Italy. For example:
Ristorante - serves all foods but pizza.
Trattoria - serves all foods but pizza. This is an 'informal' restaurant where you may be expected to share your table with strangers. Pizzeria - specializes in pizza.
Agriturismo - a restaurant on a farm, serving home-produced food.
Tavola Calda - self-service restaurant, literally meaning 'hot table.'
Rosticceria - a 'take-away' serving roast meat, especially chicken.
Paninoteca - a sandwich shop bar.
Spaghetteria - specialises in pasta.
Often, an eating place is a combination of categories, -
Ristorante-Pizzeria, Bar-Paninoteca, Bar-Pizzeria, etc.