Do you like spaghetti and meatballs? It's an American dish that has spaghetti, tomato sauce, and meatballs
I do! Although, I admit, I mostly just like the meatballs.
Sometimes it is mocked as non-Italian because traditionally, meatballs are only served with egg-based baked pasta
Oh really? I did not know that. I wonder if it's mocked similarly to how Mexican in America isn't really traditional mexican food
Yes, like many American foods, it was created by 20th century Italian immigrants in New York City
Neat! Is there anything else interesting you can tell me?
Well, there are some Apulia dishes where meatballs are baked with rigatoni, mozzarella, tomato sauce, and covered with pastry
That's cool! I do love mozarella :D
Italian cuisine
Italian cuisine is food typical of Italy. It has developed through centuries of social and economic changes, with roots stretching to antiquity.
Significant changes occurred with the discovery of the New World and the introduction of potatoes, tomatoes, capsicums, maize and sugar beet, this last introduced in quantity in the 18th century. Italian cuisine is known for its regional diversity, especially between the north and the south of the Italian peninsula. It offers an abundance of taste, and is one of the most popular and
Spaghetti with meatballs
Spaghetti and meatballs or spaghetti with meatballs is an Italian-American dish consisting of spaghetti, tomato sauce and meatballs.
History.
It is widely believed that spaghetti and meatballs was an innovation of early 20th-century Italian immigrants in New York City. The National Pasta Association (originally named the National Macaroni Manufacturers Association) is said to be the first organization to publish a recipe for it, in the 1920s.
Italian writers and chefs often mock the dish as pseudo-Italian or non-