Re: Dinner Tonight, 1/31/2025

On 2/6/2025 10:45 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-02-06, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

Most of the things Dave listed were not ethnic, so I figured
we weren't talking about ethnic restaurants.  If you consider
Italian not to be ethnic.  And taking into account how far most
North American restaurants are from real Italian food, it really
isn't.

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If you go to a NA Italian restaurant run by an Italian would it not be
as Italian as a NA Chinese restaurant is Chinese?

 C'mon, Dave.  Marinara from Sysco doesn't make a restaurant Italian,
no matter whose name is on it.
 

Sure, but the fancy places will add a teaspoon of oregano to the gallon can of sauce.  Then they can brag it is nonna's recipe.