What do you think about italian food?

>>8633655
Keeps my heart and prostate healthy as much as i eat it.

Gnocchi is the best side dish in the world. Only problem with italian food is that every italian has their own grandmas recipe and refuse to ever accept anything that isn't it

>>8633672
I've always treated it as a main dish rather than a side, preferably in a pesto sauce. Are you fat?

>>8633825

Depends on the type of gnocchi, I suppose. A potato gnocchi could definitely be a main, but I personally prefer the lighter semolina gnocchi. Also, no I'm not.

>>8633672
>>8633825
it's really more of a primi

>>8633655
It's a cuisine for poorfags. French is much better.

>>8633655
its bitchin

>>8633881
>muh cuisine
Okiedoke francofag

>>8633878

Could be that too. It really depends on what you make it and serve it with. Gnocchi is more of a technique than a recipe, so you can use whatever ingredients you want and turn it into whatever you want. Many italian dishes are like that.

>>8633925
>Gnocchi is a technique
Then
>Pasta is a technique
>Steak is a technique
Nigga what

>>8633655
Pasta was a mistake

>>8634008

>Gnocchi may be made from semolina, ordinary wheat flour, egg, cheese, potato, breadcrumbs, cornmeal, or similar ingredients

There are as many types of gnocchi as there are italians, or rather as many italian grandmothers. There's no single way to do it, as there is with steak or pasta, hence why I think it's more accurate to call it a technique.

>>8633655
Pros:
>great regional variety
>high value on ingredient quality
>seasonal
>great traditional products (wine, cheese, salumi)
Cons:
>can be rigid and resistant to innovation
>many dishes don't work without perfect ingredients
>plenty of fucked up versions of classic dishes floating around in pop culture

>>8633896