Comments on: Dinner tonight: Pasta with a lemon splash http://mangoandlime.net/2006/08/27/dinner-tonight-pasta-with-a-lemon-splash/ a blog about food and eating in miami Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Chris http://mangoandlime.net/2006/08/27/dinner-tonight-pasta-with-a-lemon-splash/#comment-38 Chris Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:29:14 +0000 http://mangoandlime.net/2006/08/27/dinner-tonight-pasta-with-a-lemon-splash/#comment-38 Yeah, you better watch out for those Italians ;) Personally I'd like to see a Sicilian woman strangle Martha Stewart, but I have a hunch that probably happened in jail. Anyways, I have cheese on pescatora all the time. There is something about licking the pescatora sauce out of a mussel shell -- muy sabroso. I do want to try the ricotta because I am familiar with it only in lasagnas, cannolis and baked pastas that my grandmother and mother made...but now that I think about it, it could soften and balance a very spicy, bold pasta dish (such puttanesca). Hrrrrm, something to experiment with... Yeah, you better watch out for those Italians ;)

Personally I’d like to see a Sicilian woman strangle Martha Stewart, but I have a hunch that probably happened in jail.

Anyways, I have cheese on pescatora all the time. There is something about licking the pescatora sauce out of a mussel shell — muy sabroso.

I do want to try the ricotta because I am familiar with it only in lasagnas, cannolis and baked pastas that my grandmother and mother made…but now that I think about it, it could soften and balance a very spicy, bold pasta dish (such puttanesca). Hrrrrm, something to experiment with…

]]> By: andrew http://mangoandlime.net/2006/08/27/dinner-tonight-pasta-with-a-lemon-splash/#comment-37 andrew Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:09:42 +0000 http://mangoandlime.net/2006/08/27/dinner-tonight-pasta-with-a-lemon-splash/#comment-37 it is dangerous for guy (como yo) to look at these pictures when he hasn't eaten breakfast, and is starting a long day, with lunch more than an hour away. i haven't had shrimp in ages, nor even pasta in a while, and shrimp in pasta (algo que me gusta mucho) i haven't had in probably a couple years! what am i going to do about that at 10:09 am? it is dangerous for guy (como yo) to look at these pictures when he hasn’t eaten breakfast, and is starting a long day, with lunch more than an hour away.

i haven’t had shrimp in ages, nor even pasta in a while, and shrimp in pasta (algo que me gusta mucho) i haven’t had in probably a couple years!

what am i going to do about that at 10:09 am?

]]> By: paula http://mangoandlime.net/2006/08/27/dinner-tonight-pasta-with-a-lemon-splash/#comment-36 paula Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:18:44 +0000 http://mangoandlime.net/2006/08/27/dinner-tonight-pasta-with-a-lemon-splash/#comment-36 I better watch out for those Italians. But now that you mention it, it makes some sense. This pasta without the cheese would probably be as good. Maybe an alternative is seasoning the shrimp a little to add more flavor, but the butter, lemon and chives give it plenty. Thanks for the tip. I better watch out for those Italians. But now that you mention it, it makes some sense. This pasta without the cheese would probably be as good. Maybe an alternative is seasoning the shrimp a little to add more flavor, but the butter, lemon and chives give it plenty. Thanks for the tip.

]]> By: Chris http://mangoandlime.net/2006/08/27/dinner-tonight-pasta-with-a-lemon-splash/#comment-35 Chris Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:48:03 +0000 http://mangoandlime.net/2006/08/27/dinner-tonight-pasta-with-a-lemon-splash/#comment-35 An interesting note about cheese on seafood pasta: Some of the old school Italians will slap you in the back of the head, scream sacrilege or sigh in obvious disgust if you ask for it. At least, that has happened to me a number of times whenever I visit a restaurant owned/operated by Italians, and have asked for cheese on pescatora. I am not sure the precise reason. I asked once and was told that, pre-World War II, Italy was a poor, agrarian country; parmigiano-reggiano and other cheeses took a long time to make/age, why waste the precious cheese when the seafood had enough flavor? I've read also that they think the cheese actually ruins/overpowers the delicate flavor of the seafood. But this is all anecdotal, and I still can't verify the reason. If anyone knows, I would love to find out. The other school of thought, however, comes from my friend Carmello, who owns a shop in San Francisco and emigrated to the US from Sicily when he was a teenager. He acknowledged that the rule exists. But "If I want cheese on my pasta, I'll have some damn cheese," he said. "Who the hell are they to tell me what I can and can't eat?" I like the second school of thought; let flavor be the judge. An interesting note about cheese on seafood pasta: Some of the old school Italians will slap you in the back of the head, scream sacrilege or sigh in obvious disgust if you ask for it. At least, that has happened to me a number of times whenever I visit a restaurant owned/operated by Italians, and have asked for cheese on pescatora. I am not sure the precise reason. I asked once and was told that, pre-World War II, Italy was a poor, agrarian country; parmigiano-reggiano and other cheeses took a long time to make/age, why waste the precious cheese when the seafood had enough flavor? I’ve read also that they think the cheese actually ruins/overpowers the delicate flavor of the seafood. But this is all anecdotal, and I still can’t verify the reason. If anyone knows, I would love to find out.

The other school of thought, however, comes from my friend Carmello, who owns a shop in San Francisco and emigrated to the US from Sicily when he was a teenager. He acknowledged that the rule exists. But “If I want cheese on my pasta, I’ll have some damn cheese,” he said. “Who the hell are they to tell me what I can and can’t eat?”

I like the second school of thought; let flavor be the judge.

]]> By: Juan Sin Miedo http://mangoandlime.net/2006/08/27/dinner-tonight-pasta-with-a-lemon-splash/#comment-33 Juan Sin Miedo Tue, 29 Aug 2006 02:19:22 +0000 http://mangoandlime.net/2006/08/27/dinner-tonight-pasta-with-a-lemon-splash/#comment-33 tHIS PASTA is delicious, for real.. the lemon is so good, and its really simple... I approve you can make it as many times as you want.. tHIS PASTA is delicious, for real.. the lemon is so good, and its really simple… I approve you can make it as many times as you want..

]]> By: Ryan http://mangoandlime.net/2006/08/27/dinner-tonight-pasta-with-a-lemon-splash/#comment-32 Ryan Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:19:47 +0000 http://mangoandlime.net/2006/08/27/dinner-tonight-pasta-with-a-lemon-splash/#comment-32 Looks good. When are you cooking me and danielle dinner? Looks good. When are you cooking me and danielle dinner?

]]> By: Paul http://mangoandlime.net/2006/08/27/dinner-tonight-pasta-with-a-lemon-splash/#comment-31 Paul Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:56:54 +0000 http://mangoandlime.net/2006/08/27/dinner-tonight-pasta-with-a-lemon-splash/#comment-31 That looks very tasty! However, I would prefer more shrimp on my plate, please! :) That looks very tasty! However, I would prefer more shrimp on my plate, please! :)

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