Wednesday, November 12, 2008

fooled by a hotdog




italians must have invented hotdogs a week ago.
because they are everywhere! even in my Rustica (something like a quesadilla, but with a breadier crust)!

i am always fooled by hotdogs here b-c they look like regular meat when you slice them up and put them on something, for instance a pizza, with french fries. yes, i have been fooled by this too.

for some reason, i think that hotdogs have a weird foothold here, b-c pizzaria's put them on pizza's and in sandwiches and in rusticas. But WHY!? dear lord, WHY!?
usually rusticas and pizzas have tasty thing in them like prosciutto and mushrooms and different types of chees or potatoes. but no, not today.
imagine youre at a restaurant;
"um, excuse me waiter? what is the special of today?"
"well, sir, today you have two lovely choices; we have a delicious pasta tossed with new olive oil and lightly browned porcini mushrooms with a touch of sage. or hotdogs with a aerosol cheese."
"hmmm... tough choice."

i asked Diana why people loved them. and the answer is the same as why anyone, from any country, would love them; they taste good, they're fast but above all else, they're bad for you.
why do you drink coca-cola?
why do you like mcdonalds food?
because its awful and you know it.

man, i thought these italians had this food-thing under control....

2 comments:

Unknown said...

well in argentina they were obsessed with hard boiled eggs; on pizza, burgers and empanadas...those bastards.

Anonymous said...

Sweet Jesus, at first glance at the photos, I thought you were eating a french toast and vienna sausage sandwich!

After reading your description, I was only slightly less nauseated.

I'll bet you're really missing Barb's cooking right about now, huh?