How to Eat Pasta Like an Italian | Cuisine Code | NowThis

[@LucySpag]

Real Italian here. My parents & grandparents emigrated here from Italy 60 years ago. They always used a spoon to help roll their spaghetti. I have childhood memories of my grandfather trying to teach how to do it, but I could never master it. So, while his shirts remained spotless, I was always covered in sauce. I don't believe that it's an indication of being an "amateur", but rather an old custom that is falling out of practice with the younger generations of Italians.

[@velsie2303]

you're not a "real italian", you're italian american, if that's what you mean. sure you're ethnically italian but real italians would not consider you that

[@LucySpag]

@@velsie2303 Oh, I'm real. My parents, grandparents, along with my brother & I emigrated here when I was two. We settled into a community surrounded by other Italian families with young children. We spoke Italian in the home. The generations of Italians that came here during that period, brought with them the old customs & regional dialects from their towns. In Italy, subsequent generations had better opportunities for travel & education than the older generations. While Italy evolved & became a more "modern" society, the older generations tend to hold on to their customs & dialects, which is also true for those than came here. When I talk in Italian to my cousins in Italy, they laugh & say "parli come una vecchia anticha del paese".

[@Gabriel-ie1mk]

Don’t call pasta noodles!

[@astronautadejakku9699]

Not ever.

[@imapigeon4132]

TRUE

[@MasonOfLife]

Why not?

[@mattguxxxtt9629]

@@MasonOfLife Just an Italian thing. U can call pasta noodles but if ur Italian and say that during a family dinner then it’s a different story lol

[@StevenHughes-hr5hp]

Ramen spaghetti

[@thegwennage]

Like I’m going to take advice from someone who says “expecially”.

[@hasfidanken]

pronounciation is bad but rules are correct

[@DevineLoved]

Lol

[@tmissyjeogiyomuljomjuseyo1992]

Cannot trust.

[@veronika607]

i mean, they are teaching *Italian* culture. english is probably not their first language.

[@phishcatt]

Rule number one: do not ever call pasta noodles.

[@duskrl3594]

nah 2 min pasta is epic

[@ish1918]

lol…news flash though, pasta originated from China.

[@tanasejulieta4899]

@@ish1918 pasta originated in Ancient Greece. It is created by Europeans. Noodles are different from pasta. Noodles were made from rice by ancient Chinese. Pasta and noodles are two different dishes! I am telling you real history.

[@juniorcrusher2245]

Im not even italian and ive always done this. Its the most effective way why use a spoon and fork when you can use just the fork???

[@pontiffsulyvahn890]

Italia approve

[@rebeccajames858]

Worse…. When you see people CUTTING their spaghetti and eating it with a knife and fork 😩

[@CutieRingoJoy]

I’ve tried but fail at twirling on plate, I actually twirl on spoon and leave it on spoon and eat because I have small mouth

[@MrGilRoland]

Plot twist: in Italy some of us actually uses fork and spoon to eat spaghetti, it’s no big deal. Also, tortellini with brodo are good, but tortellini can be otherwise served with ragù, that is tomato sauce with minced meat. Good video anyway. Cheers from Italy.

[@mr.penguin2544]

SO TRUE

[@Shanenigans_]

Up

[@Without3]

Solo te magni gli spaghetti col cucchiaio ahahahha mai visto fare io ad un italiano

[@MrGilRoland]

@@Without3 Forchetta e cucchiaio, non solo cucchiaio. Se non l’hai mai visto, guarda meglio.

[@Ooilei]

I've seen this too. There are Italians that eat spaghetti with a fork and spoon, I don't know why so many people want to deny it looks it's a sin or something. It's just convenient for some

[@michaelwilson4732]

Totally incorrect! Italians typically switches plate on every course and uses bowl type plate mostly with pasta which is the first main course.

[@gwenchase97]

Technically speaking they're still plates, they're called deep plates and plain plates.

[@pontiffsulyvahn890]

Not really in the "grandma plate" you eat eveything in the same plate

[@MCOult]

I lived many years in Italy and never once saw an Italian twirl the spaghetti onto the fork in the middle of the plate the way it's shown in this video. Depending upon where in Italy you are, using the spoon to help "load" the fork is fine; most of them twirl the fork against the side of the bowl or the inner curve of the plate.

[@ottoneiii4353]

i actually start from the centre (i am italian)

[@janicekociol7702]

That's good to know. I use a spoon.

[@hasfidanken]

bullsiht, I am a native italian and you're just lying.

[@eatsmylifeYT]

What's funny is that a non-Italian is giving advice on how to eat pasta.

[@pontiffsulyvahn890]

The cheese Is good and put on the pasta if you want but NO KETCHUP

[@eatsmylifeYT]

@@pontiffsulyvahn890 Why would you put ketchup on pasta?

[@sexyjosiecatcindylou]

facts

[@mauriziocosta8416]

The use of the spoon for pastasciutta was introduced by the French bonne creance manuals of the first half of the twentieth century, influencing the way of eating in the great cities of northern and central Italy and in the elite catering.

[@sylvrscorpyn]

Don't tell me how to eat my food.

[@alexandracardos7691]

JusticeWeeb 😂😂😂

[@FXSANDMAN]

How to pronounce “dolce” like an Italian: Dol”ch”e She said dol”ss”e SMH

[@henryp4856]

Had fettuccine Alfredo at Alfredo’s in Rome in ‘81 with my future wife and a group of friends.They served everyone from a large serving tray and placed the last portion still on the large tray in front of my future wife which got a big laugh from everyone.Wonderful dinner and wonderful memory.

[@Ooilei]

I don't know why people keep saying Italians don't use spoons to eat pasta. There ARE Italians that eat pasta with a spoon, not most, but yes, they do exist. It's not "wrong" to eat pasta with a fork and spoon, maybe just less common, kind of like how Americans seem to just forgo using a knife and wear just with a fork

[@singingindark12]

I am Asian. I use chopsticks to eat my pasta 😛

[@aldeonuwu2634]

I'm Italian and when I eat spaghetti or long tipe pasta, some times I use chopstick just for fun

[@willitnoodle]

You are so wrong about alfredo pasta... There is no cream involved. Just the pasta, butter and parmigiano reggiano tossed together on a plate upon serving.

[@MrGilRoland]

You’re right. But we don’t use cream in general in our dishes. There is a thing called “panna da cucina”, it’s a specific type of cream made specifically for cooking and you just can’t taste the milk in it, it’s very, very soft. On the other hand, I stare in horror at some KZbin videos, where I see cream put inside soups and other horrors like that. You guys use a type of cream that looks very milky, we would use that cream inside a coffee, no further than that. By the way, no cream in fettuccine alla Alfredo.

[@janicekociol7702]

Italians eat their pasta in plates? Then why are all these pastas shown in bowls? I've been told by Italians that they do not eat their pasta on flat plates.

[@videovedo36]

In fact, usually we use deep plates and not flat plates. The way we dress the table is: the flat on the bottom for second courses (meat, fish, legumes, cheeses and side dishes) and the deep on top for first courses (soups, risotti and pasta). But deep plates are usually not as deep as bowls. Bowls can substitute deep plates for soups and similars, though. Then, if you go to restaurants, it's up to the style of the place to serve even pasta in bowls or flat plates. It can totally happen.

[@grifone9417]

We usually use deeper plates

[@scappley1735]

Yet you dont tell me how to use the fork correctly

[@juniorcrusher2245]

Put the fork in the middle of the pasta and twist your fork.

[@s0bear517]

But clemenza used a spoon to grind his pasta

[@martinawolf2983]

My italian mother use a spoon.

[@michelevocale7337]

@martina Wolf in fact, in the southern regions of italy, it's really common to use a spoon. There is nothing wrong whit it, the worst thing that could happen is that if you are in the northern regions, other people might think you're from the south.

[@jessicadarlin6893]

My whole family does too.. were all from Philly Delaware area . 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@hasfidanken]

@@jessicadarlin6893 therefore you're not italian. In Italy we do not use a spoon, only tourists do.

[@michelevocale7337]

@Leonardo Lupi illuminami maestro

[@michelevocale7337]

@Leonardo Lupi ok polentone

[@RikiSmiley]

Sometimes Italians put too much cheese on their plates! I was in Rome and I fell sick due to too much cheese.

[@oraziosalvatoredimaria8807]

Please stop adding cream to your Carbonara. The authentic Italian carbonara is made from eggs.

[@erics3454]

No spoon. Salad after pasta. Spaghetti and meatballs is not a thing. My grandmother who was born in Bari nearly 100 years ago, would approve of those three statements.

[@theharlequin7280]

Or, you know... you do you and enjoy your food however you desire.

[@StevenHughes-hr5hp]

Why would you stab the plate with the fork? Twirling the pasta around the fork works better if the twines on your fork are not facing down. If you chose too much the excess will conveniently fall off.

[@fredfromfrance]

My granma taught me to eat pasta with fork and spoon. And she was 100% italian...

[@pg4427]

Sorry I disagree. As an Italian it looks polite and well mannered to eat spaghetti with a spoon. I DETEST watching ppl eat it without a spoon bcz they never twirl the spaghetti enough to get it perfectly in their mouths...it’s disgusting to see them eat with it hanging out.

[@bebe1290]

Pov: You coming to romania and they serve you “spaghete cu brânzã” .”What’s in it?” Chief: “Goat Cheeze” You: ok , what else? Chief: I said goat cheese 😐

[@raimondo3178]

“Dulsay”? You expect us to take seriously your advice on Italian foods when you cannot even pronounce “dolce” correctly? Lady, find something else to do, please.

[@vanfernandes292]

Always more cheese, please!

[@hurricanemaude795]

In Italy you can use the spoon to roll spaghetti, linguine, fettuccine, etc. It is a costume from the north of Italy. Usually people learn to roll pasta from right to left, but I have learned to roll pasta from left to right. It is something I have been doing as a child.

[@Linus74]

Not at all, you are totally wrong. Only someone in south Italy use spoon. 99% italians don't use it, it's not useful and the gesture is too much inelegant, because you roll spaghetti over the plate. Not nice to see.

[@hurricanemaude795]

@@Linus74 no, you are totally wrong. There are people who still use the spoon to roll the spaghetti. I think it was and still is a politie thing to do. People from the north to the south used to do it and some still do... I never done it, but I don't think it's wrong.

[@Linus74]

@@hurricanemaude795 sì, diciamo pure che è molto educato mostrare a tutti un cucchiaio sporco di salsa e tenere le posate a media altezza. Invece il gesto molto discreto di arrotolarli sul piatto è proprio inguardabile. Fammeli un po' conoscere questi usufruitori del cucchiaio con la pasta lunga che ci voglio scambiare due parole... ;-)

[@Leonarducray]

Thanks a lot!

[@matteorose5435]

Many Italians use the spoon for spaghetti...

[@ghostworshipper8044]

1) Take some dough ( Called "Atta", not invented by Europeans but by Hindus, millions of years ago, by grinding wheat grains between two mill-stones, called "Chakki"). 2) Cut that dough into various shapes (like "noodles" invented by the Chinese, by pushing through a sieve, like the Hindus even today make "Sev") 3) Now name each shape vastly different from its original & get a way of speaking it to mask the source (Latin was created especially for this) That's the storyline of 99% of our civilization.

[@pizzaman5169]

HAHAHA - You're funny !! Hindus "millions" of years ago ?? You are a card ! And, no pushing through a sieve. Sieves didn't exist millions of years ago !! Still... , you're a funny guy .

[@ryugakira7706]

"buon appetito" you forgot to say "betch" at the end

[@FairScale-tx1qv]

I use Chopsticks whenever eating pasta.

[@justinmckay6309]

How about chopsticks

[@kevinc1218]

Chopsticks or forks are ok for twirling and eating. Same concept. Hold parallel to plate. No spoons or knives. Cut with fork or chopsticks for ravioli if necessary.

[@Suzukimarshall]

We don't care like lionfield

[@angeloantonio5483]

italians in america at least, eat their food like everyone else. Put it in your mouth, chew and swallow.

[@emilk4743]

Dolce as in Desert is with the ‘ch’ sound not ‘s’. And it’s not secundi it’s secondi or secondo for the second meal.

[@lilalco5715]

1:33 😍

[@jessicadarlin6893]

First of all Italians use Spoons to twirl there pasta with a Fork . I'm 2 generation Italian. We all use Spoons with our Pasta. Sta 'Zitto

[@Caesar316]

No...not all Italians do. None of my family from immigrants, to first, or now second gen use a spoon for pasta. My nana always said spoons are for mungiecakes who can't twirl their pasta. We're Sicilian and neopolitan so maybe it's regional.

[@videovedo36]

I'm italian from Italy. You can use a spoon to twirl spaghetti but it's not really a common thing. Most of us just use the fork.

[@StreetBik3r]

Almost all Italians use just the fork for eating pasta, unless you're unable to eat it without. I'm Italian. Btw, you spell it "sta' zitto"

[@hasfidanken]

I am a native Italian and you're wrong. Very few people use a spoon and it's considered bad manners.

[@gwenchase97]

I've never seen anybody do that.

[@Bosskssg23]

please help im so hungry, and don't tell me how to eat my food it worries my kids, i hold the fork like a caveman :3

[@sergecanepa1971]

she pronounced dolce wrong??

[@nafnaf0]

Don't forget to pair the pasta with a great wine, otherwise you are getting half the experience

[@Ash_Wen-li]

I got a lot of stares at work when I tried that

[@Psychol-Snooper]

Exspecially? XD

[@adogddog1697]

TO MUCH THINKING JUST EAT AND RELAX PLEASE!!!

[@duskrl3594]

im irish and have an accent

[@sciachir1]

I guess you're not truly Italian!

[@kirayoshikage3194]

Im gonna do this so that i can be a Jojo reference

[@c.brionkidder9232]

@0:53 "exspecially"...

[@Gabriel-ie1mk]

Pasta Alfredo is a fish sauce

[@deepblue64]

Gabriel *** no

[@imapigeon4132]

RIGHT WHATS HAPPENED TO MY PROFILE PEOPLE

[@StarJada]

Maybe this girl needs to learn Italian first before reading the words incorrectly.

[@Κύμη]

The combination of chicken and pasta Is used only by non italian people. By the way it's mOzzarella not mAAAzzarella! There Is an O there, do you See It? By the way the rest of the italian words are pronounced terribly.😑 It's parmigianO not pamijeeaaaan! Do you See the O?

[@kingdelledroghe1957]

Wtf uses a spoon

[@TheOneMastodon]

There's so much wrong here, it's insane.

[@KatzRool]

0:52 eck speshully

[@halofire4725]

Use chopstick

[@imapigeon4132]

NO NO NO !!!! FONT EAT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😭😭😭

[@Sxxxxwo]

U do be lookin tasty tho😋

[@prithishagill268]

Weird people 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@idocare6538]

I don't care what these people do lol.

[@Nekulturny]

Heres the thing, I'm paying for the food. And if I'm going to a restaurant vs staying home and making it myself, I'm probably paying 3 or 4 times as much as it would cost to stay home and make it.. I'll eat however I want, and with whatever amount of grated cheese I want.

[@LuciaOliviaL]

@BFT Neelix Are you American by any chance?

[@ottoneiii4353]

you can't eat in whatever way you want if they kick you out from the restaurant

[@mathiasdahmen2550]

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[@dommurdoc6827]

Wrong!!!!

[@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791]

I'm literally cry-laughing realising Yanks have to be taught this. Hey, is it true that Americans don't even know how to hold a knife and fork properly?

[@pizzaman5169]

Were you born with the innate to twirl a fork ? No one taught you how to use a knife & fork ?? wow, you must be a hero.

[@grifone9417]

Chiaramente non è un vero italiano.

[@gebhartgaming4161]

you use a spoon and fork to swirl the pasta thats how proper Italians eat pasta

[@pinky6789]

I'm Italian from Italy. I've NEVER used a spoon and a fork to eat pasta, just a fork. Some Italians use a spoon and fork, most of us Italians don't do it, though. I bet you've never been to Italy.

[@arrivagabry]

never a spoon with pasta, I live in Italy, no restaurant will ever serve you pasta and give you a spoon unless you ask for it. you twirl the pasta on the side of the dish the spoon is useless

[@Gabriel-ie1mk]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[@ottoneiii4353]

fyi in galateo rules you have to use spoons (i don't)

[@hasfidanken]

I am a native Italian and you're wrong

[@sierranvin]

How pompous. Who cares about Italy, barely a nation-state, anyway?