carbonara, and other controversies

[Phoenikia]

I went out for carbonara on carbonara day last year. I realized I prefer bastardized carbonara with cream to proper carbonara.

I also realized I much prefer cacio e pepe and amatriciana to eggy carbonara.

I’m consistent lol

Do you have a fave Alfredo recipe? Bewildering swings in ingredient from recipe to recipe

Cream in Alfredos and Carbonaras is also common in Canada, the UK and Greece. Probably worldwide. If I order Alfredo, I expect the cream type. A handful of restaurants in Toronto make carbonara without cream. I’ve only ordered the egg type of Carbonara maybe 5 times in my life. I ordered one last year on Pasta Carbonara Day, and l realize I don’t really like a proper eggy Carbonara that much.

[Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester] Gusto

I realized the last time I ordered a proper eggy carbonara, on Pasta Carbonara Day 2024, that I prefer the impure creamy Carbonara- the type found in the UK and Canada, that was my introduction to Carbonara. Traditional eggy Carbonara was not easily found in Italian restaurants in Toronto until the past 15 years or so. I suspect the creamy Carbonara dominates Canadian Carbonara once you’re dining outside Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver.

Pineapple on pizza is fine.

I think we have talked about pineapple on pizza elsewhere on HO before.

Cultural food and drink rules.

Ah. Pineapple on pizza? The other week, The Guardian reported a Norwich restaurant had a Hawaiian pizza on its menu. Every other pizza was priced at the “normal” price for pizza - £12 - £15 . The Hawaiian? £100. I think they might have been trying t make a point. Of course, no pineapple on pizza isnt a rule. But it should be. Along with chicken tikka masala pizza.