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 threadjuanNov 22

But calling it carbonara (without weasel-words like carbonara-style or some such) absolutely is a problem.

No way, that’s just a Euro thing they force on the rest of us.

Show threadViatorOmniumNov 22
People should know what they are buying without having to submit to a laboratory first. That’s why naming things right is important.
Show threadTimbitsNov 22

Does Europe not mandate the inclusion of ingredients on packaging?

No wonder you get so easily confused about what is what and have to ban calling non-dairy milks milk to appease your corporate overlords.

Show thread0_o7
Buying things for what they’re called >> Reading manipulative “ingredients” list on packaging like food-coloring 25, totally-not-sugar 55, totally-thoroughly-tested-chemical 101
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