• sicarius
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    6 months ago

    And if my grandmother had wheels she’d be a bike

  • 9point6
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    6 months ago

    Nah the traditional way is rice noodles, turkey ham, cheezwiz & double cream

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    6 months ago

    I am a mediocre chef, but did I see that the egg yolks used in the sauce never got cooked? What happened with the egg whites?

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      6 months ago

      I’m not a cook nor Italian, but I think the egg yolks in here got cooked in what was effectively a double boiler? In carbonara, the yolks are meant to be gently cooked, emulsifying the sauce without fully setting.

      I believe the whites aren’t used in the recipe, and would need to be used for a different recipe.

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        6 months ago

        Save the whites for meringue, like traditional italian tiramisu will need.

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    6 months ago

    I’m sure there’s a conspiracy among butchers to convince us that pork belly is good

    It’s a shitty cut that’s only fit for dog food 🤢

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      What is being used in the video is pork jowl, known as guanciale in Italian (basically cured pork cheek) . It has a high fat content, even compared to pork belly. Fat is flavor, so no convincing from butchers is required. Also, it’s a cheap cut, so if they want to make money off their customers, they’ll want to also sell things like Secreto ibérico, or better yet, jamón ibérico de bellota.

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      Is Italian not traditionally food that poor people ate? They often made due with what was available.

      And thats Guanciale, or pork cheek. Not pork belly.