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I've had plenty of sloppy meals in France that looked nothing like art.
I was once served some spaghetti on a plate with a steak on it, like the spaghetti was a veg.
I was once served some spaghetti on a plate with a steak on it, like the spaghetti was a veg.
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Somebody else wrote a book like that - Dark side of Italy?? I thought it was trite to be honest. You could tell he was rehashing old opinions without really backing them up with any research, he was British/US journo that found an angle to sell to a publisher - I think it came out around the same time as Gomorra so anything in English that trashed Italy was published even if it wasn't substantiated by direct experience..![Stick Out Tongue](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif)
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I had generally excellent food in France when I was living there but yes, that's a common thing they do with spaghetti, they don't quite seem to understand it! Might they do it in the UK too, though?
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I do it at home!! Sometimes instead of potatoes or rice, but I can't remember having it like that in the UK, more likely as a cold salad but not hot.
Must admit I've not really had any bad meals in France either, but then the Romans conquered Gaul so I guess much of it comes from Italy anyway!
Must admit I've not really had any bad meals in France either, but then the Romans conquered Gaul so I guess much of it comes from Italy anyway!
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The sloppy meals I had were mostly in the hotel my boss used to put me up in. A little place near Macon.
I think the chef had a passion for sauces because he covered everything in thick sauce.... even a lovely fish. Somebody in that kitchen was also heavy handed on the vinegar. I don't mind vinegar on salads but I learnt to ask for my salads to come "undressed" so I could dress them myself.
I think the chef had a passion for sauces because he covered everything in thick sauce.... even a lovely fish. Somebody in that kitchen was also heavy handed on the vinegar. I don't mind vinegar on salads but I learnt to ask for my salads to come "undressed" so I could dress them myself.
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I have a recipe in a Jamie Oliver book for "meatballs and spaghetti". Not sure what DH would make of that...
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Somebody else wrote a book like that - Dark side of Italy?? I thought it was trite to be honest. You could tell he was rehashing old opinions without really backing them up with any research, he was British/US journo that found an angle to sell to a publisher - I think it came out around the same time as Gomorra so anything in English that trashed Italy was published even if it wasn't substantiated by direct experience..![Stick Out Tongue](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif)
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Did you read the copy that had been updated? It was the updated chapters at the end that made me revise my opinion of the book. Been a while since I read it but I just felt he was printing stuff he'd read rather than researched.
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Nope, haven't seen the updated copy. Saw a documentary on Berlusconi on Current (Sky) today. Wasn't very good though. Lots of critical rhetoric and no real substance.
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Watched Tea With Mussolini .......
there is a quite a bit of Italian in it so I'm wondering if I got a version without subtitles for those bits.
When some of you watched it, were the Italian bits subtitled?
There is an Italian actor in the beginning who dances with Cher - he since became an actor in an Italian soap opera - Cento Vetrine (crap).
The nice English lady gives Luca the boy bacon and eggs in the film. Where the hell did she get bacon from ????
there is a quite a bit of Italian in it so I'm wondering if I got a version without subtitles for those bits.
When some of you watched it, were the Italian bits subtitled?
There is an Italian actor in the beginning who dances with Cher - he since became an actor in an Italian soap opera - Cento Vetrine (crap).
The nice English lady gives Luca the boy bacon and eggs in the film. Where the hell did she get bacon from ????
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Watched Tea With Mussolini .......
there is a quite a bit of Italian in it so I'm wondering if I got a version without subtitles for those bits.
When some of you watched it, were the Italian bits subtitled?
There is an Italian actor in the beginning who dances with Cher - he since became an actor in an Italian soap opera - Cento Vetrine (crap).
The nice English lady gives Luca the boy bacon and eggs in the film. Where the hell did she get bacon from ????
there is a quite a bit of Italian in it so I'm wondering if I got a version without subtitles for those bits.
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There is an Italian actor in the beginning who dances with Cher - he since became an actor in an Italian soap opera - Cento Vetrine (crap).
The nice English lady gives Luca the boy bacon and eggs in the film. Where the hell did she get bacon from ????
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ohh I've not seen Tea with Mussolini... I have a few fave 'English' films that I go back to again and again. One is, and will always be 'Truly, Madly, Deeply' it's like comfort food to me that film... but I guess it is very much a girl film... I also adore 'Hot Fuzz' which I know is silly but it just tickles me and is English to the core. I also have 'Finding Neverland' which was Johnny Depp playing JM Barrie. I know that he was not a Scot like Barrie but I do think he played a good part and again it is very English. I spent a lot of my Yoof sitting up late and watching British films and screenplays on BBC 2 and the brilliant Film Four films too. I don't mind Americany stuff but I still often go back to English films.... '24Hour Party People' is something else I like but mainly for the Music as it was the Music I grew up with... there was a time in the 1990's where you couldn't move for spotty blokes in Parkers with a Manc Accent in the pubs and clubs of Brighton...
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ohh I've not seen Tea with Mussolini... I have a few fave 'English' films that I go back to again and again. One is, and will always be 'Truly, Madly, Deeply' it's like comfort food to me that film... but I guess it is very much a girl film... I also adore 'Hot Fuzz' which I know is silly but it just tickles me and is English to the core. I also have 'Finding Neverland' which was Johnny Depp playing JM Barrie. I know that he was not a Scot like Barrie but I do think he played a good part and again it is very English. I spent a lot of my Yoof sitting up late and watching British films and screenplays on BBC 2 and the brilliant Film Four films too. I don't mind Americany stuff but I still often go back to English films.... '24Hour Party People' is something else I like but mainly for the Music as it was the Music I grew up with... there was a time in the 1990's where you couldn't move for spotty blokes in Parkers with a Manc Accent in the pubs and clubs of Brighton... ![Blink](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/blink.gif)
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One of the best I watch every year is ' Death at a Funeral'..with Jayne Asher and others...good english comedy....Have Avatar still sealed in plastic...have you watched......think I need to concentrate so will need rainy day....oh no, I didn't say that....really !!!
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