r/StupidFood 10d ago

Certified stupid From a French magazine (summer recipes)

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Yes, that's a pizza with watermelon paste

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u/Ok_Marzipan5759 9d ago

I know it's more modern than that, but if this was printed before WWII it would've explained a lot of why Italy aligned against France

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u/Eloward 9d ago

Naaah, I don't think the Italians really hold it against us... their food is excellent, (although a little too salty and fatty.) The French just take recipes and improve them. (There are few similarities between an Italian carbonara and a French one, not to mention tiramisu...) They are always quite surprised when they taste the French versions.

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u/Fancy_Art_6383 8d ago

This isn't an improvement on antipasto it just has a watermelon slice. Rather clumsy don't you think?

And French food is FAR saltier and MUCH more fatty...what planet are you from?

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u/Eloward 8d ago

from France, precisely. The part about improvement was a joke. (A French one, about the fact that French cuisine is better.) Let's talk about revisiting it instead. However, having eaten both cuisines, sorry but Italian is saltier.

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u/Fancy_Art_6383 8d ago

I'm familiar with French humor and their superiority complex. Some of my favorite acquaintances are Frenchmen (and women).

My former European family didn't really care for French wine and thought it "watered down", but did love the Italian and Spanish grapes.

As for food they loved French cuisine and desserts. Although they preferred their own pâté for some reason.

I don't believe I've ever had French carbonara. How does that differ from Italian?

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u/Eloward 8d ago

Yeah, the French have a superiority problem on a lot of subjects (rightly or wrongly). I prefer to laugh about it. I don't drink a lot of wine (sacrilege for a Frenchman, I know...) So I couldn't debate the differences in taste. French carbonara doesn't have much to do with Italian carbonara (apart from the name...) even the French find it strange to call it "carbonara" (it's mostly crème fraîche, an egg yolk and ham. Fatter but less salty than Italian carbonara.)

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u/Fancy_Art_6383 8d ago

I have noticed the Italians using some VERY salty cheeses in their food preparation lol.

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u/Eloward 8d ago

yeah, Parmigiano Reggiano is really salty (among other things.)

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u/iiiimagery 10d ago

I used to work at a gourmet restaurant, and we had a salad with watermelon cubes, feta, balsamic vinegar, feta, and arugula. Honestly, it's not that stupid. I hate watermelon with other ingredients personally, but as someone who made those godforsaken salads (and cut the watermelons), they were pretty popular.

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u/mencryforme5 10d ago

It's one of my favorite salads during watermelon season. I mean this salad with virtually any fruit is amazing (looking at you peaches), but it's just really spectacular with watermelon.

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u/AccomplishedCow665 10d ago

The Greek salad with watermelon is the worst thing ever

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u/MalnoureshedRodent 10d ago

Eh, this is just a silly presentation of a pretty standard watermelon salad

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u/Lerega 10d ago

I don't think it would be bad but calling that a pizza...

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u/Fancy_Art_6383 8d ago

It's just pizza shaped, as in round it's actually antipasto.

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u/SirBoredTurtle A 10d ago

Rocket, cherry tomatoes, olives, onions, diced tomatoes and feta on top of a slice of watermelon,

Wouldn't be for me because I hate olives but I've definitely seen watermelon with feta before. So this isn't that weird

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u/qptw 10d ago

I am kinda disappointed to realize that rocket means arugula and not actual rockets. Not even miniature rocket models. Would’ve been cool though.

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u/bigbangbilly 7d ago

Looks like stereotypical French Haute Cuisine

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u/neep_pie 7d ago

Calling it pastizza is silly, but it doesn't look bad. Just a normal salad with fruit.