Gravy's Cooking Thread

jesus, these derails is really getting into r/shitmidwestpeoplesay territory.

"In America we have a habit of taking traditional recipes from other countries and reducing them to their most basic forms...."

Lasagna alla Genovese can be as little as *literally* pasta sheets and pesto. That's pretty fucking close to "boiled lasagna noodles with butter"​

Penne stuffed like manicotti.

Manicotti for Mac and cheese.

There are no rules!

I guess my definition of pizza would be a margherita base with toppings. Same shit with lasagna, that woud be the lasagna noodle + bolognese + bechamel sauce.

Deathwing said:

I don't understand using bechamel when something more flavorful like mornay can be used instead.

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The urge to add more cheese to any recipe is at the core of the American experience.

Ninen said:

jesus, these derails is really getting into r/shitmidwestpeoplesay territory.

"In America we have a habit of taking traditional recipes from other countries and reducing them to their most basic forms...."

Lasagna alla Genovese can be as little as *literally* pasta sheets and pesto. That's pretty fucking close to "boiled lasagna noodles with butter"​

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The funny thing is, Lasagna predates tomatoes in Italy by about 300 years. Anything with Lasagna noodles with layers of stuff in between is a lasagna.

Especially the loudest, fattest man, Matty Matheson's Chorizo Lasagna

Erronius said:

I don't know if this would be Soygen approved or not

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Not enough cottage cheese.

I tried watching him once and he started using something out of a can like enchilada sauce or chili or some shit and it was fucking disgusting. Hard pass