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« on: April 03, 2015, 01:21:27 PM »

These differences are general, there's overlap, and there are differences within each region, but...

Northern Italian=more butter, cream sauces, red meat
Southern Italian=more olive oil, tomato sauce, vegetables, seafood (more Mediterranean)
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« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2015, 01:33:48 PM »

Obviously Southern (not Fascist, actually southern Italian)
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« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2015, 06:50:58 PM »

Obviously Southern (not Fascist, actually southern Italian)
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« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2015, 07:04:09 PM »

Polenta or death
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« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2015, 07:08:26 PM »


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« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2015, 07:34:51 PM »

I'm going to admit that I'm honestly rather ignorant about regional variations in "eye-talian" cooking. Growing up in Houston, if there are any "authentic" Italian restaurants, I haven't come across them. And I have no Italian heritage, so my family's knowledge of Italian cuisine begins and ends with spaghetti sauce that comes in a jar (and the occasional trip to Macaroni Grill).

What would be an example of a Northern Italian dish?
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« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2015, 07:54:04 PM »

I'm not very knowledgeable on the subject, but base on how the OP described them probably southern.
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« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2015, 08:10:45 PM »

What would be an example of a Northern Italian dish?

Risi e bisi (rice and peas) is a northern Italian dish.

Anyway, it's not uncommon for northern Italian dished to contain risotto (rice) or polenta instead of pasta, even though Northerners love pasta too.  It is also more common in the North for pasta to contain eggs.

Northern Italian is somewhat similar to French, and there's also some Germanic influence.  Southern Italian food can be pretty spicy due to the climate and influence from other Mediterranean areas.  Spicy tomato sauce is definitely southern Italian.
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« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2015, 08:18:13 PM »

One division is:

Northern: Butter based
Middle: Olive oil based
Southern: Tomato based
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« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2015, 08:40:42 PM »
« Edited: April 08, 2015, 09:32:45 AM by L.D. Smith, Knight of Appalachia »

Abstaining from this cruel cruel dichotomy.

I shall endorse the side of breadsticks and carbonara risotto (Northern) as well the side of gnocchi and calamari (Southern).


Now the areas themselves are a far far different matter.
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« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2015, 09:47:57 PM »

Southern on most occasions, but Northern if I'm really hungry
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« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2015, 05:48:14 AM »

Both are perfect, of course, but I'll give it to Southern.
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« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2015, 06:25:36 AM »

Polenta is pretty damn good, you have to admit that; some good penne all'arrabiata but do also have their merits...
Definitely not an easy choice, but in the end, the North ekes out a victory for me, albeit very narrowly.
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« Reply #13 on: April 04, 2015, 09:52:28 AM »

Polenta is pretty damn good, you have to admit that

You also have to admit it's awful to cook.

Ah well, I guess the only thing I keep from the south is the pizza.

Not a fan of Mediterranean food.

Fascinated by those charcuteries galleries you can have in places like Bologna, or all those giant shelves of cheese.
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« Reply #14 on: April 04, 2015, 09:55:06 AM »

Southern Italian for sure (maybe Middle). Love that stuff. I cook only with olive oil, drink large amounts of Chianti, love to make vegetable marinara (with garlic, onion, zucchini, spices), and fish is the only meat I eat.
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« Reply #15 on: April 04, 2015, 06:17:44 PM »

     Whichever part gave the world Chicken Parmagian. Truly the magnum opus of the Italian people.
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« Reply #16 on: April 07, 2015, 02:16:29 PM »
« Edited: April 08, 2015, 08:45:59 AM by L.D. Smith, Knight of Appalachia »

~Sighs~,  I voted Northern just to balance it out.

But c'mon polenta, prosciutto, breadsticks, marscapone and so many French influences...and who can say no to French cooking?


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« Reply #17 on: April 08, 2015, 08:18:13 AM »
« Edited: April 08, 2015, 08:20:49 AM by Storebought »

Judging from the poll results, we really don't know what northern Italian cuisine is in the US.

I guess there is minestrone, but that will never win against spaghetti and meatballs.

Outside of Italy it's the northern dishes that is far better known: panettone (which my spell checker has underlined) and cotoletta alla milanese (ditto...) are the stereotype of Italian food in South America, while in Europe, it's lasagne bolognese (ditto...). Italian restaurants (outside of the northeast, and even that's doubtful) don't even make that stuff here.
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« Reply #18 on: April 08, 2015, 08:22:50 AM »

Abstaining from this cruel cruel dichotomy.

I shall endorse the side of breadsticks and carbonara (Northern) as well the side of gnocchi and calamari (Southern).


Now the areas themselves are a far far different matter.


Carbonara is not a northern food. It's of Rome. Tongue
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« Reply #19 on: April 08, 2015, 09:30:38 AM »

Yeah, Carbonara is very good - a couple local restaurants do that pretty well. Eggplant also, which I understand to be a southern Italian dish.

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« Reply #20 on: April 08, 2015, 09:32:02 AM »

Abstaining from this cruel cruel dichotomy.

I shall endorse the side of breadsticks and carbonara risotto (Northern) as well the side of gnocchi and calamari (Southern).


Now the areas themselves are a far far different matter.


Carbonara is not a northern food. It's of Rome. Tongue

Seriously? Fits the stereotypes almost to a T, between the egg and cream based sauce, and the use of land animals (admittedly it's pork though) rather than fish.

No matter, I can think of other examples to put in there.




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