cm0002Nov 22

‘Fake’ carbonara sauce causes outrage in Italy

https://infosec.pub/post/37997366

‘Fake’ carbonara sauce causes outrage in Italy - Infosec.Pub

>Rome — Italians have very strict rules when it comes to making carbonara. The classic combination of Italian pasta, pork and cheese are mixed with egg yolks and pepper preferably just moments before serving to create the perfect dish. > >Which is why, when jars of a pale creamy sauce labeled “carbonara” but made in Belgium using non-typical ingredients appeared in a store at the European Parliament — an institution Italy often calls on to protect its traditional foods from imitation — there was outrage.

Show threadohulancutashNov 22
Good to know italy has solved literally all the important problems.
Show threadBobbyTablesNov 22

Have you tried real carbonara? It’s not the same as this ready made goop.

Just to clarify: selling this fake carbonara is fine, I’m even sure it tastes fine. But calling it carbonara (without weasel-words like carbonara-style or some such) absolutely is a problem.

In my country (which is not Italy) the popular variant is making it with whipped cream, which again, tastes fine, but it’s not carbonara, but many restaurants have the fake carbonara on their menu labeled as normal carbonara, which totally sucks. And shit like these glasses with fake carbonara just makes this worse.

Labeling for food is protected in Europe for this exact reason. It’s done for lots of food from parmesan to champagne.

Show threadlogi
What they said. carbonara is an awesome dish. Selling whatever that is as carbonara is simply fraud and should not be allowed.
Nov 22 at 10:35amWeb