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Italian Food
Buon appetito! Known for savory pastas, flavorful meats and sweet pastries, Italian food is a popular cuisine all over the world. It combines a zest for life and an appetite for good food from everyday edibles to Roman feasts. Ask questions here about recipes, ingredients and the history of Italian food.
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What is the Italian symbol for an 'etto' or 'etti'?
"hg" is the symbol for the etto.
Specifically, the term in question functions - in its colloquially and conversationally abbreviated form - as a traditional Italian measurement. The complete designation is ettogrammo ("hectogram"). The respective pronunciations will be "ET-to" and "ET-to-GRAM-mo" in Italian.
What region in Italy fry calamari come from?
The word Calamari is taken from the Italian plural for squid. It comes from the latin word 'Calamarium' meaning 'ink pot' - obviously from the inky liquid associated with squid themselves, which in itself comes from a greek word.
Calamari is used in English, and also in many other languages, to mean deep-fried squid, and is a classic of Mediterranean cooking, not specifically Italian. It is very popular in Spain, North America, Greece, Turkey, and has variations all over the world.
What Italian adventurer shares his last name with a popular sweet?
Christopher Columbus is an Italian adventurer, explorer and navigator who shares his last name for a popular sweet.
Specifically, the Italian discoverer of the Americas has the Italian name of Cristoforo Colombo. His last name means "pigeon". The dessert colomba means "dove".
The respective pronunciations in Italian will be "kree-STOH-foh-roh koh-LOHM-boh" for the man from Genoa and "koh-LOHM-bah" for the dessert.
Is there an Italian meat called 'sadiccia'?
Yes, there is an Italian meat called sadiccia. The protein in question may be found also spelled saddiccia(pronounced "sad-DEET-tcha") and -- in more standard, less regional format -- salsiccia (pronounced "sal-SEET-tcha"), all of which translate into English as "sausage."
Whats that white stuff in lagsana?
You are most likely referring to the ricotta cheese. Many people substitute cottage cheese for ricotta cheese so that may be your answer as well.
What is the English translation of the Italian dessert word 'cassata'?
"Candied cheesy sponge cake" is an English equivalent of the Italian dessert word cassata.
Specifically, the word is a feminine noun in its singular form. It may originate from the Arabic qas'at for "bowl" (in reference to its sometime shape), the Italian cassa for "box" (in reference to its usual shape) or the Latin caseum for "cheese" in reference to one of its hallmark ingredients).
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the italian wird for "bread" is "pane"... although this doesn't tell much about the importance of bread in the Italian culture and eating habits.
Not only does it exist in multiple forms and shapes throughout the Peninsula, it is so historically important in the nutrition of the Italian people, that even today in Italy it is told "pane e companatico", meaning "bread and whatever-else-comes-with-bread".
Presence of bread on the table was fundamental, as everything else was so scarcely available on a regular basis that was almost only meant to accompany the bread...
If you are curious to know more about the italian bread and the different forms, may I suggest you visit my page (linked below.) It is not at all an exhaustive list of the italian breads in existence, but it is a start!
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