My wife puts Tabasco sauce on her pizza, while I am convinced that an Italian person dies every time she does that. Help us sort this out, please.

  • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Ketchup + sour cream + grated Trappist cheese (cold) mixed with piping hot pasta is godlike though. Was a staple during my childhood.

    We were poor.

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      4 months ago

      Yeah, no judgement here, when one is poor they gotta do what they gotta do, and ketchup is probably cheaper than decent tomato sauce in some parts of the world I would imagine.

      That said, I am willing to bet that the same pasta but with actual prepared tomato sauce (that means put it on the stove, let it simmer, add some salt, maybe a bit of pepper or a pinch of chili flakes if you like, and a drop of EVO oil when it comes off the heat) in place of ketchup would be even better.

      Although in your case, the ketchup recipe likely brings back happy emotions relating to your childhood which, after all, are also part of the food experience. Cheers!

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        3 months ago

        But no comment in the sour cream?!

        Tbh Hungarians eat everything with sour cream.

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          3 months ago

          There are plenty of pasta dishes and sauces that use cream, and while sour cream is not used in italian cuisine I think it tastes amazing :)

          So I can absolutely see sour cream working in pasta

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        3 months ago

        It was the staple of Hungary during socialism and probably still is. Supposedly 70% of all cheese purchases are Trappista.

        It’s very similar to what North Americans would describe as basic cheddar.

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          3 months ago

          Aha wow, today I learned! Are there that many Trappist monks in Hungary, or is the name entirely unrelated to the monks?