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FAO: TAs with Mediterranean ancestry. Do you know fried spaghetti/pasta omelet?
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| Lira |
I've got so many ancestors from the Mediterranean it's not even funny. Jews, Arabs, Italians, perhaps even some bloody Spaniards... oh, and of course, a bunch of Portuguese, what else is to be expected from someone in Brazil?
The reason why I'm telling you this apparently useless information is because ever since I was a child, I've been trying to trace the origin of the most traditional meal of my family: Fried Spaghetti! Someone around here is bound to know it...
 
Now, my great grandmother would tell us she brought the recipe from Sicily, though I've always been puzzled by the fact that I live in a country in which roughly a quarter of the population came from the Italand and this eggful hotness is completely unknown. I just looked it up quickly on the intarwebs and, among the websites that did provide pics and some info on this wondrous fried spaghetti, a person claimed it was a traditional meal for Sephardi Jews, and the other said it's quite common in Naples. Now, the Sephardi Jews stayed mainly in the Iberian peninsula, and only occasionally they settled in Italy, though they could've nicked the recipe from some proto-guidos.
Is it really an Italian meal? If so, where is it traditional? Have you ever eaten it?
Sorry if my English is mangled, I just woke up from a dream with this yellow perfection, and I'm now going to indulge myself. OM NOM NOM NOM! |
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| woscar |
Ha! I thought this was an invention of my family! :D
My grandmother makes this every now and then and she told me that her mother used to make it. Now, we have Spanish ascent like pretty much everyone in Guatemala does. I'll ask my mother to see if she knows more about it. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| I don't necessarily have an answer to your question, but just as a point of interest, I'd always heard that traditional Italian dishes made with butter are from northern Italy and that ones that use olive oil are from the south. The north is rocky and can hold cows whereas the farther south you go, the ground is softer, less cow-friendly, and better for olive trees. |
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| Lira |
Well, Hal, my family always made it with butter, but it can easily be made with olive oil (which is what I'm going to use in a couple of minutes).
A-ha! The Sephardi Jew connection makes some more sense now, Oscar. Do you know where in Spain is (the family of) your grandmother from? As I recall it, Guatemalan Spanish is pretty unique (the way you guys roll your Rs, for example), so I don't know how to trace it back to a specific region in Spain. |
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| Chimney |
, Lira. Is there anything in this life you fail at?
I usually do some pasta with mushrooms. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Chimney
, Lira. Is there anything in this life you fail at? |
Except for snowboarding, I really suck at sports :D
Oh, and I've never been able to break dance properly, my windmill being more of a cheese grater :p
ps.: Mushrooms? Hmm.... sounds delicious. Champignon? |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
my windmill being more of a cheese grater |
LMAO |
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| Lira |
No one else?
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
LMAO |
Really, I used to kick too high to start the move so when I started spinning, I'd spin around (as expected) and my legs would go up and down all over the place.
I'd do a reenactment, but I don't think it's smart to do it now that I've got my lovely piercings. |
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| jonSun |
| I thought it was an Italian dish passed down in my family. And my family is from Naples. |
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| yukii |
| Tbo, that looks more Italian than Spanish :conf: |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by jonSun
I thought it was an Italian dish passed down in my family. And my family is from Naples. |
Cool, one more point for Naples.
And one more point for "something that runs in the family" :p
| quote: | Originally posted by yukii
Tbo, that looks more Italian than Spanish :conf: |
I was told this is a recipe my family brought from Italy as well, so I tend to think it is Italian. However, the fact that people (originally from) Spain also know it is a sign that it's much more widespread, and we can't rule out any possibility before we know what's going on. Though it's always possible that it began somewhere in Italy and, thanks to cultural transmission, reached Spain. |
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| Fledz |
| I don't know Lira, I've never actual run across or heard of fried spaghetti before. |
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