THE CAMPANIA CUISINE ITALIANS AT TABLE Food is culture when it is produced, created, prepared, transformed, consumed and when it is chosen. Thus, it should not come as a surprise to discover that when the clock strikes eating time Italy, the country with the most UNESCO heritage in the world, the whole peninsula sits around the table with joy in their hearts and hunger in their stomachs. While people from all over the world have fostered their own recipes and traditions, some of them associated with specific meals (think of the Vietnamese bánh trung thu!), Italians developed a set of habits when it comes to eating. These range from behaviors and superstitions to even the order in which a certain Uomo che mangia spaghetti, Renato Gattuso, 1956 meal should be eaten! Considering this, let’s dive into this Authentic Italian experience starting from the Table! First of all, bread shall be on the table. Not only bread itself is delicious, it is also the perfect way to check if the olive oil and the vinegar that will be present on the table. A mix of olive oil and vinegar is in fact called “pinzimonio” and it where your slice of bread should be dipped before having a taste of it! However, bread is not considered to be the first meal of a proper, Authentic Italian Table. It is the Antipasto, the Appetizer that has the honor of starting the eating. Often times, the antipasto may consist of a charcuterie platter such as salame, mortadella, or prosciutto, served with cheeses and bread; other times, you may find a cold salmon or tuna antipasto, or a bruschetta.
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