Authentic?
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No one in Italy would see it as cheating. Italian markets too are full of passata bottles, ready sauce cans and all.
When you have a garden, or a field, comes a time in summer when all your tomatoes ripen and you must do something before they spoil.
So you make some sauce and see a whole tomato crate filling one jar or two only.
After those two summer weeks you might want more sauce, then if you don't own an hothouse you have to buy a crate of tomatoes, or a passata bottle.
99,9% Italians will choose the passata, i can assure.
When you have a garden, or a field, comes a time in summer when all your tomatoes ripen and you must do something before they spoil.
So you make some sauce and see a whole tomato crate filling one jar or two only.
After those two summer weeks you might want more sauce, then if you don't own an hothouse you have to buy a crate of tomatoes, or a passata bottle.
99,9% Italians will choose the passata, i can assure.
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I know for experience that most of the are just pretending to be italian but infact they're not. This is just because the italian products sort of "attract" people and they make a whole business around this. But if you're a quite user of italian products you can detecte the fake ones immediatly.
@italiandude I have a feeling you are probably right. When people are buying Italian food, I'm sure they more likely to purchase it if they think it's actually got some connection with the country.
I'd guess that most of these authentic Italian recipes, have never even been tasted in Italy, let alone actually come from there to begin with.
I'd guess that most of these authentic Italian recipes, have never even been tasted in Italy, let alone actually come from there to begin with.
I have some issues with the concept of authenticity in terms of cuisine but also culture in general. If you look at Italian food for example (which I love by the way), you realize that pasta comes from China, and tomatoes come from South America. These traditional foods have been borrowed from other cultures in many ways.
On the other hand, what seems more stable about Italian food is that dishes often rely on a few high quality, fresh, regionally specific ingredients. Not that Italian food doesn't also used dried, canned, or otherwise packaged foods (preserved meats are also a big thing), but using pre-made, canned or jarred sauce that is ready to eat doesn't seem like the ideal way to prepare pasta. Sauce is pretty easy to make, and making it fresh and letting it simmer all day makes a world of difference.
On the other hand, what seems more stable about Italian food is that dishes often rely on a few high quality, fresh, regionally specific ingredients. Not that Italian food doesn't also used dried, canned, or otherwise packaged foods (preserved meats are also a big thing), but using pre-made, canned or jarred sauce that is ready to eat doesn't seem like the ideal way to prepare pasta. Sauce is pretty easy to make, and making it fresh and letting it simmer all day makes a world of difference.