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Italy: Food
Every city and town has markets where people shop for fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and fish. There are supermarkets and many small shops specialising in one kind of food.
Food is one of Italy's main exports (things that Italy sells to
other countries).
All of these are grown in Italy and made into foods
On farms in Italy farmers grow oranges, apples, peaches, tomatoes, garlic, rice and wheat. Pigs, sheep, chickens, goats and dairy cattle are raised on farms.
Tomatoes are grown in most parts of Italy.
They are canned or made into tomato paste and pasta sauces.
Olives are crushed to make olive oil. The oil is used for cooking and in salad dressing. Olives can also be eaten.
Grapes are turned into wine.
Salami and proscuitto are the names of famous Italian processed meats made from pork.
Wheat is made into pasta and biscotti (biscuits or cookies)
Rice is used to make risotto.
Garlic is used in salads and is crushed into sauces for pasta and used to flavour meat dishes including salami.
Fish and seafood is fried in olive oil, grilled over coals, or made into soups and stews.
Milk is made into gelato
A day's meals
Breakfast (prima
colazion)
is coffee, tea, or hot chocolate,
fresh rolls, butter, and preserves (jam) Sometimes fruit juice
and cheese.
Lunch (il pranzo)is eaten from about
12.30 and can be a sandwich bought in a paninoteca, a shop
selling sandwiches or slices of pizza from a pizzaria.
It can also be a meal in a restaurant.
Dinner (cena) is eaten from about 7.30 onwards but many Italians eat after 8.30 pm.
A Menu for lunch
or dinner:
1st course or entree
antipasto
is a plate of olives, cheese,
salami, egg and tomato
or
minestrone, a thick vegetable soup
or
pasta, spaghetti with grated parmesan cheese
pasta with
tomato and meat sauce
or
pizza with olives, tomatoes and prociutto (ham)
Main course
a dish made with veal or chicken or fish, served with vegetables
or a salad
Desert
Fresh fruit or Gelati (Italian ice-cream)
Read the kidcyber
page about pasta at http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/pasta.htm
Go here for a great site about
foods in different parts of Italy
http://www.italianmade.com/foods/home.cfm
Italian recipes are here and more reipes here http://www.tricolore.net/culture/recipies.htm
Remember: Always
acknowledge where you find information
If you use any of the information on this page acknowledge this
source in your bibliography like this:
Italy:
Food (2004).
[Online], Available: www.kidcyber.com.au
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updated February 2004