I remember going to France as an au pair in 1983 and being shocked to the core that a solidly bourgeois household would consider reheated spaghetti with ketchup to be a suitable meal in certain circumstances. I had never come across it in the UK or Spain and couldn’t articulate why it felt so wrong. And this was a household that genuinely cared about food and ate very well by and large. I just knew that my own mum (Spanish living in the UK, a good cook who had always had to work on a much lower budget than these people) would consider this totally unacceptable. Food shock.
Yes, when I try to think about it objectively, it doesn't sound like the best dish, but I was so used to it that I never even considered anyone would be shocked by it until much later in life!
I walked in here furious and now I feel silly. Excellent argument, however, I will still be sticking to my own personal cuicina povera from my childhood — rice and butter.
J'adoooooooore les pâtes au ketchup. Le must : les coquillettes au ketchup !
I remember going to France as an au pair in 1983 and being shocked to the core that a solidly bourgeois household would consider reheated spaghetti with ketchup to be a suitable meal in certain circumstances. I had never come across it in the UK or Spain and couldn’t articulate why it felt so wrong. And this was a household that genuinely cared about food and ate very well by and large. I just knew that my own mum (Spanish living in the UK, a good cook who had always had to work on a much lower budget than these people) would consider this totally unacceptable. Food shock.
Yes, when I try to think about it objectively, it doesn't sound like the best dish, but I was so used to it that I never even considered anyone would be shocked by it until much later in life!
I walked in here furious and now I feel silly. Excellent argument, however, I will still be sticking to my own personal cuicina povera from my childhood — rice and butter.
Also a banger!