Spaghetti Bolognese and cappuccino
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One of the weirdest think about italian food around the world is “Spagnetti Bolognese”.
Bolognese is a typical sauce with tomato, carrots, onion and meat, Spaghetti is a kind of pasta.
Spaghetti and Bolognese sauce (called “ragù”) are quite never in the same dish.
We prepare spaghetti with fresh tomato. Ragù usually goes with tagliatelle, another kind of pasta.
Another terrible mistake is to have cappuccino after a meal. Typical italians are unable to drink cappuccino after 11AM. Cappuccino is for breakfast only and goes with croissant that we call “pasta” or “cornetto”.
If you order cappuccino after lunch, some italians can be very offendend, but nowadays they are quite used.
I know that “pasta” as croissant is the same that “pasta” as… pasta, but this is another story…
Why is a cappuccino after a meal a “terrible mistake??”
Doctors in Italy prescribe hot milk when you’re not feeling well. Yet I guess only before 11am? And it’s ok to eat a cornetto and cappuccino at 2am after the disco!
Some contradictory advice, in my opinion. How do you explain that, Dr. Sartoni?
Commento di Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy — Luglio 6, 2007 @ 4:34 pm
dr sartoni says: cappuccino is ok whenever you want. But after a meal, italians have coffee, not cappuccino.
Having cappuccino after a meal in italy is just like having roast chicken with tea at 5PM in Engliand….
Commento di Luca Sartoni — Luglio 6, 2007 @ 4:39 pm