Italian Food Rules by Reavis Ann

Author:Reavis, Ann
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

Don’t eat eggs in the morning

There is a reason that it is called an American Breakfast or an English Breakfast. If it contains eggs, it is not Italian. Italians are most likely to have a cappuccino and a pastry for the “most important meal of the day.” They might stretch to a small bowl of yogurt and a half piece of fruit. But eggs are out.

In Italy, eggs are usually eaten hard-boiled, sliced in half (not crumbled) beside (not in) a lunchtime salad. Or, more commonly, they are prepared as a frittata (thin open-faced omelet) containing a few slices of artichoke, zucchini, eggplant or fried green tomatoes.

For dinner at home, Tuscans enjoy a savory dish of uova al pomodoro (eggs cooked in tomatoes) that consists of eggs sunny-side-up (one per person) cooked directly on a bed of chunky stewed fresh tomatoes, flavored with a bit of garlic, fresh basil and olive oil. Some crusty bread finishes the meal.

Did you know?

• Orange juice is too acidic to drink in the morning.

• Bacon is becon or pancetta affumicata in Italy and is not seen at breakfast, but may be in spaghetti alla carbonara.

• Pancakes and waffles are loved by Italians, but are not Italian.

• Italians don’t understand the concept of “breakfast for dinner.”

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