Mom's Italian Kitchen

[Brooklyn Knight]

I'm mostly German and even I prefer Italian food.

Hey, I'm Polish and I too have no problem saying Italian is tops...or one of the tops.

 

[Fran75]

I gotta call it like I see it, national pride aside Italian cuisine is way better than German in general. I like any Italian food that doesn't have ricotta cheese in it (I really hate ricotta).

 

[Brooklyn Knight]

I gotta call it like I see it, national pride aside Italian cuisine is way better than German in general. I like any Italian food that doesn't have ricotta cheese in it (I really hate ricotta).

Try to mix in and add more of other cheeses. I have an awesome baked zitti recipe that asks for equal parts of ricotta, mozzarella, and parmigiano. I add a little more mozza and parm into the mix and I'll sprinkle on top a healthy layer of those two cheeses.

 

[Jimmy P]

I'm mainly Irish, but Italian cuisine ROCKS...

My wife being Italian and then there is myself and our growing 9 yr old...we don't have much in the way of $$, but we eat awesomely and have many leftovers for a small budget...
We've made some of our own Pasta before...takes a bit after rolling it out, cutting it, letting it dry...but wow, is it ever good...

Now some of the other foods can be pricey, like Lasagna, Italian meatloaf with Italian Sausage, Ground Beef and Veal...

Saturday we're having Baked Ziti...LOVE that meal...we have the Ziti pasta, red gravy, she'll make her meatballs, season everything and garlic bread...she makes her own garlic bread...we get those rolls from walmart, they look kinda like sub buns, but a little smaller...she melts down butter, adds some garlic powder...roasts some bulbs of garlic with basil and olive oil...mash the garlic, add the garlic butter mixture to it...then spread on rolls...put in aluminum foil, wrap and bake...
As Dawny would say 'Ma Don Ami' (sp?) (means Oh My God in Italian)...

Great, now you all got me freakin' starvin'...

 

[Dylan Michael]

Germans have pasta too:
Spätzle!


Weißwurst is another one of my favorites.

And who doesn't love Schnitzel?

And of course, you cannot forget the desserts.
Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, Pfeffernüsse, or Apple Strudel. (Which is actually Austrian, but...)

 

[Jimmy P]

Ricotta (pronounce Ra-got) is kinda like Italian cottage cheese lol....I can eat it by the spoonfuls...
Want some Fran? (holding spoonful of Ricotta)

 

[Dylan Michael]

Another side of my family comes from Sweden, and I have no problem saying that most of their food is, not for the faint of heart.

I've never had SSurströmming and I don't plan to.

Lingonberry Jam and Prinsesstårta are rather good.

 

[Fran75]

Say wha?!

All the various pastas, breads, seafood, sauces, cheeses, herbs...and you still prefer German?!




But you can say the same for a lot of other ethnic dishes.

Try to mix in and add more of other cheeses. I have an awesome baked zitti recipe that asks for equal parts of ricotta, mozzarella, and parmigiano. I add a little more mozza and parm into the mix and I'll sprinkle on top a healthy layer of those two cheeses.

That does sound good, my husband makes a mean lassanga that uses less ricotta than usual and I like it so I bet I would like your recipe. This tread is making me hungry for my homemade from scratch spaghetti sauce it is pretty time consuming so I haven't made it since we brought our son home.

 

[Rhamiel]

Germans have pasta too:
Spätzle!


Weißwurst is another one of my favorites.

And who doesn't love Schnitzel?

And of course, you cannot forget the desserts.
Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, Pfeffernüsse, or Apple Strudel. (Which is actually Austrian, but...)

as a cooking school student who had to make spatzel from scratch, I can say, with not a single ounce of doubt in my mind
that spatzel is an abomination in the eyes of God and man

 

[Jimmy P]

No offense Dylan but the German pasta wasn't all that great...I do like the saurkraut...
I can say this because my 3rd Great Grandfather came from Hesse-Darmstadt, Worms, Germany in 1847....plus on my other Great Grandfathers side, a crapload of Germans...

After Irish, I have alot of German...could explain my love affair with hot dogs...

 

[Rhamiel]

Catholic countries seem to have the best food

Italian and Mexican food is certainly popular in the USA

French cuisine is counted as the standard for classical cooking

even in the USA, the Cajun food is some of the best, being made by mostly Catholic French Creole people

 

[Rhamiel]

even among the northern Europeans, the Polish seem to have nicer food then the rest.

Except for very expensive very fancy Russian style foods, those are good, but part of that is that a lot of the Russian dishes I know are very rich food that is prepared for the elites

 

[Brooklyn Knight]

Germans have pasta too:
Spätzle!


Weißwurst is another one of my favorites.

And who doesn't love Schnitzel?

And of course, you cannot forget the desserts.
Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, Pfeffernüsse, or Apple Strudel. (Which is actually Austrian, but...)

That Spatzel, we have something similar in Poland. We also have a variety of pierogis. Even with that said, they get smoked with all the various types of Italian raviolis, pastas and fillings that go in them, and to further mitigate the disparity, the Italians are incredible when it comes to sauces.

I have nothing against Schnitzel...but I think you may see what I'm about to say: we also have something similar:

Just look at the various Italian desserts that have coffee or cappuccino or desserts centered around nuts. Even one of the most popular spreads:

Is Italian.


And they still make awesome seafood!

 

[Jimmy P]

Did you know that Nutella was made by an Italian Baker in WW2? He added Hazelnuts to his Chocolate to extend his Chocolate rations...leave it to an Italian

 

[Brooklyn Knight]

Did you know that Nutella was made by an Italian Baker in WW2? He added Hazelnuts to his Chocolate to extend his Chocolate rations...leave it to an Italian

An awesome combination only matched by chocolate and peanut butter.

 

[Fran75]

Ricotta (pronounce Ra-got) is kinda like Italian cottage cheese lol....I can eat it by the spoonfuls...
Want some Fran? (holding spoonful of Ricotta)

I'll pass, thanks anyways

 

[Jimmy P]

Sometime we're gonna try a neat cookie attempt...make peanut butter chocolate chip cookies but instead of peanut butter, use Bischoff Spread and then melt down some Nutella and drizzle it on top of the cookies...
It's just a thought we had and figured hey, why not?

 

[Dylan Michael]

as a cooking school student who had to make spatzel from scratch, I can say, with not a single ounce of doubt in my mind
that spatzel is an abomination in the eyes of God and man

How dare you!

Making spätzle from scratch is very fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y6Ga9hMm4Y

 

[Fran75]

How dare you!

Making spätzle from scratch is very fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y6Ga9hMm4Y

Yeah I tried it once, it was a total fail. I do make a mean from scratch dumpling and by dumpling I mean big fat egg noodles not those puffy round abominations.

 

[Brooklyn Knight]

Sometime we're gonna try a neat cookie attempt...make peanut butter chocolate chip cookies but instead of peanut butter, use Bischoff Spread and then melt down some Nutella and drizzle it on top of the cookies...
It's just a thought we had and figured hey, why not?

You may want to trademark, copyright, whatever it is you have to do to take credit for a recipe. My heart palpitated by just reading that, so, of course, it should be great!


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At least we all can agree...that Irish food can be used as a tool of mass destruction; if smelling the cooking part doesn't get people, then surely eating it will.


No, I'm joking. I like Irish food:

Thickest meal on God's green Earth.