My girlfriend is Italian and I'm Indian, we've been exploring each other's cuisines and it's been a lot of fun. One thing that's wild to me is how infrequently she's eaten rice. It hasn't been a big part of her diet. Ya gotta have rice it's so good. So I've been teaching her Critical Rice Theory
Rice, potatoes and pasta The base for all yummy things
I followed you because of a dad joke
Well done. 🎤😂🍚 #CriticalRiceTheory #CultureShare
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Southern Italian is pasta, tomatoes and olive oil. The northern Italian is rice, meat and butter, closer to French style.
ICE isn’t throwing you 2 out of the country?
I am baffled by this comment
Believe it or not, not everyone on the Internet is American. Clown.
Thanks
makes cravings for rice by just reading this, can almost taste it
She’s Italian, hasn’t she heard of risotto?
She's had it, but rarely. Her mum isn't big on rice
What a shame.
Is it related to critical risotto theory
Didn't Mussolini want to replace pasta with rice in Italian cuisine? At least that's what someone claimed on this here app a few days ago.
Critical Rice Theory is a perfect cook book name.
Indians have a lot of rice in their diet tho. Sounds like a personal preference which is absolutely okay too.
Yes, I cook with rice all the time
I’m a later-in-life rice person too. My cuisines growing up were Italian and British, so pasta and potatoes until I skipped off to college.
Risotto, though.
We make a damn good risotto though 😋❤️🇮🇹
"how infrequently she's eaten rice" "SO YOU MEAN SHE NEVER GOT RISOTTO ?" Literacy is dead.
She cant help that she was raised by ricists.
Staaaaaaahp. 🤣
Which part of Italy? I was raised on regular risottos!
Her famjam is Sicilian, apparently they don't do rice as much there?
Please tell her: Arancini di Riso, hello?!
A Zojurushi rice cooker cannot be far behind.
Love mine.
Let me guess, lots of seafood? 😆
Risotto should be banned and all white rice shortly after 🤣
Which region is she from? We don't eat much rice where my kin come from, but Arancini and Risotto are pretty popular in some areas.
Italy has many different cuisines! It has variations at the province level. There were dishes special to Ravenna you wouldn't hear of in Bologna.
And cheeses too!
Her family is Sicilian
My family is from Sciacca. We are not big rice eaters, but I do enjoy some of those rice treats when friends from other areas make them. There are a few really good Italian dishes made with rice.
Hah 😂
Early 20th century Italian politics and Rice is a minefield.
Groan.
you made my day
Rice with my kfc! Rice with my leftovers! Rice and eggs for breakfast! Rice and meat gravy for lunch and dinner! Rice and mangoes for dessert! Smushed with sugar for a tasty snack! Did I just write a rough draft to my first children’s book?
YES lmao
Rice and bean Complete protein
Rice is life!!!! Apparently my family discovered rice when they moved to South Louisiana. I cannot understand life without rice
She might just ..TAGLIATELLE you ..no and take a strong PAS-stand..against that! Italian noodle humour…
Is the theory that rice is actually pretty great?
yes
Risotto alla Pescatora! My favourite.
That was a long way to go but you got there. 👏👏
gods yes RICE
Arancini is the gateway for you both here.
Are you planning to do some tomato somosa?
I've tried samosas with quite a variety of things in them, but I don't think tomatoes are one of those things. Tomatoes are used A LOT in Indian cooking though
I'm the same... I travel full time thru Asia and having grown up on potatoes my body has no idea what to do with rice.
Serving suggestion: just eat it, it's fine.
Ricist is just racist with an Australian accent 😂
Sounds deliciously woke
In my culture, we eat rice in almost every dish, which is insane since the rate of diabetes is high
As long as she’s teaching you critical pasta theory.
Pasta and pizza are things I feel most people are familiar with. What's been fun to learn about is the stuff outside of that. She makes a fantastic fennel and tomato sandwich
sounds heavenly
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Bet there are some awesome dinners round at your house.
Well, they do that risotto thing, I've never liked it and it's a pain in the ass to cook. Not bad, just not a fan.
My husband is 1/2 Japanese. First Thanksgiving with his family and there was rice, no mashed potatoes! I divorced him immediately. Just kidding, rice and gravy is awesome.
I’m Italian and my whole diet basically bounces between pasta and rice. With the occasional potato.
I would love to try Indian cuisine someday. And also go to both countries in the future.
I'm totally biased but Indian cooking is definitely one of my favorites. But so is Italian
I also love Italian food. And I have Italian relatives.
I have rice in my fridge ALL the time
Rice makes you fat
Rice makes you happy
Not today as Liverpool have won…..
I can't think of Liverpool without thinking of Scouse Pinhead now www.vxtiktok.com/t/ZP8BA8rsW/ So you can still say you have a moral victory
Don’t have TikTok
Tell that to the continent of Asia 🧐🤔
I love Indian food and pasta. I have tried, without success, to have my wife make Indian food served over pasta.
We make pasta sauces from scratch when we make pasta. The first couple of times I tried I put everything in, like Indian cooking My gf informed me that the Italian method is to have very few high quality ingredients, and I think I agree that's the best way for pasta sauce
you and mussolini! bigthink.com/the-past/pas...
Has she ever had RISOTTO or ARANCINI?
She's had it, and I asked her about it. Apparently risotto is more of a Northern Italy thing and her family is Sicilian where they don't have it as much
Or rice, potatoes and cozze?
My grandmother taught me to make risotto when I was a kid, I make it once a month. Delicioso!! We do not make Arancini, but I eat the anchovy or cheese stuffed ones sometimes. I have a simple delicious rice soup recipe if you are interested.
Wow, rice soup, that sounds intetesting! Is that an Italian dish, I've not come across that at all?
Very very Italian. Some families use pasta, mine used rice.
We call it Grandma’s Rice Soup, but my Mom says it may be called Straciatella It is comforting & thick. When you spoon it into bowls, add more parm cheese on top.
2-3 quarts chicken broth in saucepan over med. heat,add (cup - 1 1/2 cup) dry white rice. After 4-5 mins,add one box of frozen spinach to pan (stir).Cook 5-6 mins. covered. Add a beaten egg & stir. Cook 5 mins covered & add 1 cup grated Parmesean cheese to pot, gently stir.Shut heat. Cover 5 mins.
That's a long way to go for that joke, but you landed it!
I LOVE a pish dad joke... lol, thanks needed that.
Indian cuisine is very close to the Southern European cuisines, but rice is more a Latin American staple than Italian(Well, India has Goa, right?)
I don't think I know what goa is... Which southern european cuisine are you referring to? I can't think of any that is similar to Indian cooking
LOL
I make my curries as hot as I can , with about 50/50 sauce to meat etc ratio, so rice is kind of a must have for a little heat relief and to soak up the sauce
100% it’s all about the ratio
Bwaaaahahahahaha!!!!
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No risotto? Heresy!
Wait until the Irish come in with their potatoes
I’m danish and part irish, and boy is there many potatoes in my life
Italians eat lots of rice: risotto, insalata di riso, arancini …
According to her, it's less of a thing in Sicily than other parts of Italy
Except for Sicily’s famous and delicious arancini of course!
I'm not sure I'm familiar with that! But fried ball of dough stuffed with something delicious seems to exist in almost every culture
Arancini are fried balls of rice. If you’ve never had one, walk, don’t run, to try them! 😋
Risotto? It’s a staple in Italian cooking.
Don’t forget the different types of rice. I’ve never bought sticky rice before. I love it!
How. Dare. You. You made me read that WHOOOOOLE thing, just for that horrible pun... I hope you stub your pinkie toe on an endtable. Hmph.
I do that enough without being cursed lol It is true though that it's been fun to learn about how different the approaches to cooking are between Indian and Italian. Indian cooking is maximalist, ALL of the flavors. Italian cooking is minimalist, just a few ingredients.
Good one! 🤣
As the daughter of Puerto Rican parents we grew up eating rice in various way at least 4x a week. I think it was more of an affordability thing with 6 kids to feed. I still love and cook rice once or twice a week. I just try different cultural recipes.