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I just bought myself a $30 Italian meal
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Callo Merlose
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Foolish guido, you'll learn to late in your life what italian food is.
CajoleJuice
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If your spending is as poorly guided as it is when it comes to food, it's easy to see why you're broke as fuck.God's Beard said:
Frank the Great
Banned
I have had authentic Italian cooking most nights my whole life.
Both parents are actually from Italy, and my mother is a ridiculously good cook.
Both parents are actually from Italy, and my mother is a ridiculously good cook.
Link1110
Member
$30?
Eggplant $1.50
Mozerella $2.99
Ricotta $3.29
Strained Tomatoes $2.19 (better than actual sauce)
Pound of Pasta $0.99
Butter $2.99
Eggplant Rollatini Meal (You can throw melt some mozzerella on the pasta and make baked ziti if you like) - $13.95 and you'll likely have enough ingredients left over to make it again provided you get another eggplant.
Eggplant $1.50
Mozerella $2.99
Ricotta $3.29
Strained Tomatoes $2.19 (better than actual sauce)
Pound of Pasta $0.99
Butter $2.99
Eggplant Rollatini Meal (You can throw melt some mozzerella on the pasta and make baked ziti if you like) - $13.95 and you'll likely have enough ingredients left over to make it again provided you get another eggplant.
serotonina
Member
God's Beard said:I got myself some Manicotti, a quart of Ministrone, a whole damn loaf of bread and I'm washing it down with the sweet satisfaction that everyone can suck my dick because I'm eating Italian FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOd
Post your dinner, cause it's not better than mine.
Where did you got that? It's not even half italian tbh.
worldrunover
Member
You don't have a job?? Probably would have been better to grab a few slices of pizza from down the street for $5....
JzeroT1437
Member
God's Beard said:I got myself some Manicotti, a quart of Ministrone, a whole damn loaf of bread and I'm washing it down with the sweet satisfaction that everyone can suck my dick because I'm eating Italian FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOd
Post your dinner, cause it's not better than mine.
Is that Miss Potts I see on a tiny pink Disney Bag?
Are you eating this in Epcot and not Italy? Cause I would totally believe you paid $30 for that at Epcot.
Callo Merlose
Banned
Same goes for any country's food, obviously. To say it's second best to actual italian food from italy is a pretty large feat. Also, ask any italian where they prefer their pizza from. Nothing compares to new york city pizza, though. Home to some of the best chefs in the galaxy and multiverse. I can't wait for the San Gennaro festival in september in Little Italy. I'm gonna starve myself a week in advance to prepare.maxmars said:
Verboten said:
Just the thought that there is a single "best pizza" makes me chuckle, though (and I'm not talking about toppings). But please enjoy your San Gennaro festival -- looks like a great place to be. If you starve for a week before going into that it must be damn good.
Callo Merlose
Banned
I don't mean there's a single pizza place that makes the best pizza. I mean it has the most places with the best pizza in the world. And yeah, it's that good. Two sweet, euphoric weeks of eating. And the zeppolis... Shit, why'd I come back into this thread? Haven't had a slice in too long, I'm just gonna succumb to my cravings.maxmars said:Just the thought that there is a single "best pizza" makes me chuckle, though (and I'm not talking about toppings). But please enjoy your San Gennaro festival -- looks like a great place to be. If you starve for a week before going into that it must be damn good.
angelcage87
Member
I'm italian,and that minestrone looks fucking weird,what kind of vegetables were used to make that?Also that piece of bread is kinda strange,it looks like they used the same dough used to do cartocciate:
Which are delicious but aren't real bread.I would like to make you taste some olive bread,with a bit of extra virgin olive oil,salt and maybe some cutted pachino's tomatoes,it's the best thing you will ever eat,and of course it costs way less than what you paid for your dinner(like 25$ less).
Which are delicious but aren't real bread.I would like to make you taste some olive bread,with a bit of extra virgin olive oil,salt and maybe some cutted pachino's tomatoes,it's the best thing you will ever eat,and of course it costs way less than what you paid for your dinner(like 25$ less).
straydog1980
Banned
steak and potatoes for me. NO seriously, I grilled steak and made some mashed potatoes.
angelcage87 said:I'm italian,and that minestrone looks fucking weird,what kind of vegetables were used to make that?Also that piece of bread is kinda strange,it looks like they used the same dough used to do cartocciate:
Which are delicious but aren't real bread.I would like to make you taste some olive bread,with a bit of extra virgin olive oil,salt and maybe some cutted pachino's tomatoes,it's the best thing you will ever eat,and of course it costs way less than what you paid for your dinner(like 25$ less).
I love olive bread, as too the best Italian food is found in NYC, I disagree simply because you can get good italian food anywhere there is a sizable Italian presence. I am from New Orleans, and there is a sizable Italian population there, and hence some really good italian food can be had. Its not the quality in NYC that is better, its just that there are more choices and you have a better shot at getting regional Italian foods. By family is Sicilian, and good sicilian food is hard to find in NO.
biggkidd32
Member
Jesus, OP, I could get double what you got for half the price, in NYC no less.
worldrunover
Member
ccbfan said:
I've never heard this. Better than Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Chicago? Doubtful.
MisterHero
Super Member
It's the same price wherever I go.kpop100 said:
I usually have the 'all-you-can-eat' sushi which is slightly cheaper but I wanted something different. :lolworldrunover said:
New-Haven-style pizza, called apizza (pronounced ah-BEETS in the local Italian dialect), made its debut here in 1925. It is baked in coal- or wood-fired brick ovens, and is notable for its thin crust. Apizza may be Red (with a tomato-based sauce) or White (garlic and olive oil), and pies ordered "plain" are made without the otherwise customary mozzarella cheese (pronounced sca-MOTZ, as it was originally smoked mozzarella, known as "scamorza" in Italian). A white clam pie is a well known specialty of the restaurants on Wooster Street in the Little Italy section of New Haven.
Verboten said:
In the world? In the world outside of Italy, perhaps? Because I sincerely can't believe there's more good pizzerie than some of the cities in the south I have been (e.g. Naples itself! Or Rome..)
Also, by zeppolis you mean zeppole? As in:
THIS YUMMY LINK. Now that's some pastry I can relate with.
Panajev2001a
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God's Beard said:I got myself some Manicotti, a quart of Ministrone, a whole damn loaf of bread and I'm washing it down with the sweet satisfaction that everyone can suck my dick because I'm eating Italian FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOd
Post your dinner, cause it's not better than mine.
Pasta + Minestrone in the same meal ? You are like an Italian kid's worst nightmare
.beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
the bread looks pretty good.
Since we're on the topic of Italian food, what's a good place to get some in the GTA? I loves me some good Italian, honestly this year is the first time I've really tried Italian food thanks to some generous co-workers. The shit I've been eating for years is just disgusting in comparison.
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
I had an enormous steak and black olive calzone for $6.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
Cosmic Bus said:
what kinda steak?
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
beelzebozo said:
I don't know, just... steak. It was a pizza place and I asked if they could do a steak calzone.
"God's Beard!"
Member
Yeah, you're definatley right about that. I spend on the stupidest shit possible all the time. Like Halo 3.CajoleJuice said:
:-(Cloudy said:
I'm Italian.PastaJeff said:Pasta + Minestrone in the same meal ? You are like an Italian kid's worst nightmare
Jesus, this thread really did backfire. And yes, I know good Italian food, god dammit! I was just... so hungry that I couldn't help it... :-(
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
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