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On observation I would say that Italians tend to be be kinda racist towards other countries' food though.
"Outside of Italy, coffee tastes like water !"
"I took a capuccino in Spain and it was a giant bowl !"
"In France nobody knows how to cook pasta !"
"But you don't have pasta at the restaurant ? What do you eat, then ?"
On observation I would say that Italians tend to be be kinda racist towards other countries' food though.
"Outside of Italy, coffee tastes like water !"
"I took a capuccino in Spain and it was a giant bowl !"
"In France nobody knows how to cook pasta !"
"But you don't have pasta at the restaurant ? What do you eat, then ?"
and so on
This has nothing to do with racism, however.
Instead, it is just an extreme form of food nationalism.
And, BTW, this is the one thing that I love about this country: thanks to this attitude, the big multinational chains selling cr@p food like McDonald's, Burgher King, KFC, even Starbucks, don't stand a chance to succeed in Italy (yes, McD is present but nowhere near as widespread as in other countries).
On observation I would say that Italians tend to be be kinda racist towards other countries' food though.
"Outside of Italy, coffee tastes like water !"
"I took a capuccino in Spain and it was a giant bowl !"
"In France nobody knows how to cook pasta !"
"But you don't have pasta at the restaurant ? What do you eat, then ?"
and so on
I don't think its possible to be 'racist' towards food
Racism?? Are you sure you have the right 'term' here? Or do you actually mean people that are a different 'race' to Italians (which are a majority but not exclusively caucasion) are being racist towards them?
The OP is probably referring to some scumbag that ate a pizza in Kalamazoo, Oklahoma. The pizza was very cheap and instead of cheese employed used preservatives. So the scumbag blamed the Filipino baking the pizza confusing him for a georgian-armenian italian.
On observation I would say that Italians tend to be be kinda racist towards other countries' food though.
"Outside of Italy, coffee tastes like water !"
"I took a capuccino in Spain and it was a giant bowl !"
"In France nobody knows how to cook pasta !"
"But you don't have pasta at the restaurant ? What do you eat, then ?"
and so on
Racism is the belief that one race is superior to another, so unless Italian pasta is a race it's kind of strange to see racism used here as well.
Then, we are rightfully proud of our cuisine, especially when almost all over the world other people try to steal it or pass for 'Italian' everything (the net worth of fake 'Italian product' is the double of true Italian ones).
Therefore, we don't want to see our cuisine ruined by inept foreigners.
Secondly, it's not being 'racist', it's just that we are the best and we know it.
Third, it's true that French can't make an espresso for Jesus sake.
Fourth, the point about pasta and the restaurant is quite strange: generally it's foreigners who think that Italian cuisine is pasta,pizza and lasagne (and they duly can't even cook that), Italians do know that our cuisine is much varied than pasta.
The pasta thing was actually made by people from Salento, I think the pasta as first course is mandatory for them, so they were worried about going to a foreign restaurant.
You know, everyone should take my initial comment with a grain of salt, although these observations are real. I know this is not racism but I'm always surprised to see Italians to act with such distance and hesitation when it comes to foreign food (although most of italian food is great obviously).
I sometimes find it a little annoying when people talk to me like I discovered coffee, pasta, pizza and lasagna when I moved here. I mean, come on, you can find it of quality elsewhere. It might be slightly different but it won't necessarily be bad. Usually I just say "yeah, you're right, but why is there bread from last week on the restaurant's table ?" Well, your comment kinda confirms it though
I think Italy is interesting also for cheese, much more so than France.
The pasta thing was actually made by people from Salento, I think the pasta as first course is mandatory for them, so they were worried about going to a foreign restaurant.
You know, everyone should take my initial comment with a grain of salt, although these observations are real. I know this is not racism but I'm always surprised to see Italians to act with such distance and hesitation when it comes to foreign food (although most of italian food is great obviously).
I sometimes find it a little annoying when people talk to me like I discovered coffee, pasta, pizza and lasagna when I moved here. I mean, come on, you can find it of quality elsewhere. It might be slightly different but it won't necessarily be bad. Usually I just say "yeah, you're right, but why is there bread from last week on the restaurant's table ?" Well, your comment kinda confirms it though
I think Italy is interesting also for cheese, much more so than France.
Yes, because the Italians and French are similar culturally.
I'm only racist against Italians in a football environment.
How can you be racist against Italians? A good part of France borders Italy, doesn't it? You should have used the term xenophobic.
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