Rules, rules, and more rules...

Posted by Robert Bishop at 4/5/2008 12:00 PM
Categories: Culture, Humor, Italian Way
italy / italian / culture / humor / way — rulesNancy Harmon Jenkins, the author of "Cucina del Sole," says: "One of the great things about Italy is they love making rules. And they obey very few." Some of my favorite Italian culinary dos and don'ts are:
  • don't cut spaghetti with a knife (even for small children)
  • don't put cheese on a seafood dish
  • don't eat bread with your pasta
  • do eat pizza using a knife and fork
My favorite (and definitely non-food) rule was the "no public urination." Why?... because you'd see cars pulled over to the side of the road all the time with some guy standing next to it (and he definitely wasn't having a smoke). I always said that it would be really hilarious to quickly stop and run over with a video camera and ask the person a question... but I never did. (Not because I was worried or afraid but because I didn't want to drag a video camera around with me all the time). Perhaps, some cable TV station will send me back to Italy so I can do that exposé.

 
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