i totally agree with you, the recipe i knew was coming from my mother which i doubt she has ever seen Bologna that's why i enjoyed doing a bit of research and share it with you

i don't get too hysterical during the kind of fight you mention, because listening to all this variation some time you learn a good trick or principle, or an interesting variation (and if they don't argue about food, they will fight on another argument just less interesting ).

It's funny- regional differences & peculiarities are present in any cuisine- but it appears that Italian cuisine has "fallen victim" to (or benefitted from?) more compound variances than perhaps any other cuisine that I know of... Italian food is loved the world over and in most circles- and I have observed that for every "classic" rendition of any particular dish- there are several more different versions of the same "classical" dish. While this can be confusing- I also find it liberating (and refreshing)!

perhaps because in italy each kitchen is a region, well sometime the region includes the dining room too, but only if it is not too crowded:D

RE: "perhaps because in italy each kitchen is a region, well sometime the region includes the dining room too, but only if it is not too crowded"

Ha! A lot like the U.S., Luca... Imagine a place w/ many regions and climates- made up of peoples themselves from many regions and climates! It's gets CRAZY sometimes! How wonderful to live in a place where so many different cuisines make up one's "native" cuisine! Your region has always been high on my list of places I'd like to experience...

I do know that each Italian kitchen is ORIGINAL, the RIGHT RECIPE, the WAY IT SHOULD BE DONE, etc.

Even in my own family - I've seen how many "variations" there are to the ORIGINAL recipe - I just laugh my butt off at them all.


And they do find something to bicker over - and any topic is fine!