Wednesday, May 27
After being in Italy for a little
over a week I’ve noticed that in the Italian culture with most meals everyone
enjoys a glass of wine whether it may be Chianti, Amarone, Barolo, red or
white. In every restaurant we have been to for the most parts you may start
with an appetizer, first course, second course, vegetables, desert, and then
end up with a nice and hot espresso or café. In most cities here in Italy when
you go to each town there is a lot of completion of competition of which town
has the best in Tuscany. No one will develop its secret. When they come up with
something what’s there is there and they are not going to share the creation. A
very unique thing I’ve notice that at restaurants when there are families or
couples dining in, they don’t really talk to each other while they enjoy there
meal there are just sitting there quietly, and with us Americans for the most
part we are having conversations while we eat. Something that has come to my
attention over the days I’ve been here in Italy has been the fact how a lot of
people here in Italy just walk in grocery store and other stores with their
dogs. Back in the U.S the only people that ever go in a store with a good are
those who may either be blind or some disability problem. In Italy most Italian skip there breakfast for
the most part they just have a café or espresso. Also an interesting fact was
that in most places in Florence they don’t use salt in their bread due to the
fact that back in the day they had to get their salt from Pisa and it was just
a pride thing and they chose not to want to get it from them.
I’m not a person who drinks a lot of
wine, however in this trip I have drank wine just about any day just for the
simple fact its less expensive to purchase a bottle of wine then it is buying a
can of coke. Imported beers are also really expensive here in Italy. Several
days back I was at a bar and bought me a couple of Corona’s which back in the
U.S I would buy them for about 4 dollars here in Italy I was paying 10 euros
for a corona just about twice as much. I have ate lasagna, spaghetti, wild
boar, horse, salads, grilled chicken, rooster, vegetables, gelato along with
other meals and each restaurant whether I purchase the same meal once it comes
to the table it has a different presentation at each restaurant on the plate
none look the same or taste the same. The first difference I experience was when I tried
past for the first time I notice that the pasta here in Italy wasn’t as soft as
it is back at home then once I had it here I was able to determine that even
though back at home it may be authentic they are over cooking the pasta. Also here in Italy when you go to a pizzeria
some have pre cooked slices and once you go to order they just put it in the
oven other places just serve the regular pizza’s but they are much thinner than
what we are used to.
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