>tomatoes - $2>pasta - $.99>garlic - $.50>onions - $2>basil - $1>can feed a whole family with room to spare>single serving at an italian restaurant: "mama mia that-a will-a be-a $29.99 plus da tip wahoo!"how did italians con the whole world into thinking cheap peasant dishes are fine cuisine
>>22018905food cost is a small percentage of restaurant pricing. but good restaurants will also include soup, salad, bread, cheese.they also probably don't want a bunch of people going in there and just ordering the cheapest dish on the menu if it was much less than everything else.
>>22018905>1.5kg of onionsWhat on earth
>>22018905You know damn well there’s more ingredients than that used in a good tomato sauce.
That's how all fine cuisine evolved, OP.
>>22018922Not necessarily. Salsa fresca/sciuèsciuè/"marinara" is literally four ingredients: olive oil (or lard; my area is well-known in Italy for its use of lard), garlic, tomatoes and parsley, in that order. Also salt. It takes fifteen minutes to cobble together and using good quality tomatoes, it tastes better than most sauces foreigners ape at. I will never understand why they have to overcomplicate things
>>22018954Marcella Hazan's classic tomato sauce recipe is canned San Marzano tomatoes, butter, half an onion and salt, cooked for 45 mins. Then remove the onion.
>>22018964I wanna know what part of the country does it like that because I've never encountered anything like it anywhere else except in her work.If she dreamt it up herself, that's neato.
>>22018905If youre in the US pedonigger has tariffs on italian imported foods.
>>22018968Fuck off
>>22019039Must be your time of the month. Want me to ask my wife if she can spare you a Tampax, Tammy?
>>22019043You don't sound as great as you think you do
>>22019070Its Boomer humort. Boomer
>>22018905This is why i never go to italian restaurants. The food is way too expensive for something simple i can easily make at home. Id rather eat simple food thats cheaper (like burgers or fried chicken), or more complex/unique food thats similarly priced.
>>22019070A bloo bloo
