The Food Culture of the Italians
Italy, the name itself conjures images of Roman soldiers, Julius Caesar and all the other events that happened in history. Many things have been written about the history of Italy and the places of interest, but few have mentioned about the food culture of the Italians.
Most people around the world drink milk and coffee, but the Italians drink cappuccino, a mixture made out of coffee, milk and milk foam made with the most intense luxury kitchen accessories.
Abruzzo and Molise are those regions where you can find chillis. In Abruzzo, the chillis are known as diaoletti or the little devils. The chillis make the dishes so hot, that you would want to rub your tongue off. Here the locals drink a strong and spicy herbal liquor known as the Centrebe (Hundred Herbs). The main cuisine of Abruzzo and Molise are meat, vegetables and pasta. The pastas are often combined with lamb meat and eaten with great delight. A very popular dish is the arrosticini. This dish is made out of small pieces of castrated lamb, impaled on a wooden stick and roasted on coals.
Campania in Italy is another region which is renowned for producing high quality tomatoes, spring onions, peppers, oranges, lemons, artichokes and fennels. These fruits and vegetables have a flavor that is unique to the volcanic soil of the region. You can find seafood and fresh fish which come from the Gulf of Naples. The pastas of this region are made out of durum wheat.
Exceedingly valued here is the mozzarella, which is prepared out of the milk of the water buffalo. Some famous deserts that are found here are the pastiera (which is a kind of an Italian cake made out of ricotta cheese), sfogliatelle (a kind of pastry given the shape of shells or cones) and the rum dipped bada (a small yeast cake that has been saturated in rum and filled with whipped cream or pasty cream).
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