We're not as impressed with Italian food as many people seem to be (seriously, pizza and pasta are mostly ... dough?), but there are some things they do really well. Things like olives, tomatoes and air-dried ham taste amazing here, and all these goodies are suitable for eating as 'antipasti'.
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Antipasti are those little snacks that are often served before dinner in Italy. Antipasti can consist of all sorts of cold items such as cured meats, cheeses, seafood, breads, mixtures and small salads, olive, fresh and pickled vegetables, etc.
Don't want to cook in the heat ...
And then there's the issue of eating in the heat... We don't lose our appetite, but eating hot food is hard - not to mention that law hot food in a boiling hot motorhome!
For a while we tried starting with a small light antipasti at 18:00 and then cooking dinner at 20:30 (when it is hopefully a bit cooler). But that didn't really work. After the antipasti we weren't hungry enough - and it hardly cools down!!!!
Now we eat a reinforced antipasti in the evenings - a sort of crossover between Italian antipasti and Swedish smörgåsbord. It works for now!
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Ama de casa says:
22 July 2015 - 10:15
Mr Steve says:
Your crossover looks like a great choice in the heat. A platter is always an option when traditional dishes don't fit.
22 July 2015 - 11:03
Linnea Edmark says:
Greetings from a hot Bavaria (which is forecast to get "cooler" in the coming days).
22 July 2015 - 11:38
Monica says:
That's how we eat too. Maybe not as much to choose from and we make ready-made plates for each of us with a lot of small picks. Because who wants to eat in a hot motorhome as I said! We eat something like that in the middle of the day and then take something lighter in the evening. Here in the cooler Brittany it is now easier to eat hot food and right now we eat good crepes and moules!
22 July 2015 - 14:47
admin says:
22 July 2015 - 16:38
BP says:
Looks like perfect food in the heat! You are right about one thing - Italian pizzas are over-advertised. Ours here at home are much tastier (probably adapted to Swedish). Pasta, on the other hand, I can eat as often as I want - but not in a heat like yours.
22 July 2015 - 20:06
Rantamor on the retina says:
Yes, sometimes it can be good to have something other than pasta and pizza.
Good thing you have the campervan restaurant with you.
We've been eating a lot of freshly caught fish up here in northern Norway.
God.
Tjingelingen from Rantamor in Northern Norway at Porsrangesfjorden.
22 July 2015 - 20:50
admin says:
Rantamor, fish is the best thing we know! For a while we ate fish almost every day. Right now we can't cook it either because of the heat. Understand that the freshly caught fish you eat must taste amazing!
22 July 2015 - 21:00
Ladies Abroad says:
I like both pizza and pasta, but I agree that antipasti are incredibly tasty. You may recall that I don't eat red meat; the only thing that can make me deviate from this from time to time is really good ham in Italy.
Have a good time!
22 July 2015 - 23:38
admin says:
Ladies Abroad, I understand you! We eat red meat relatively rarely (not total abstinence but we eat mostly fish) but here we are fond of the charcuterie!
23 July 2015 - 11:04
Alexandra says:
23 July 2015 - 16:20
Discovering The Planet says:
23 July 2015 - 17:47
Elisabeth says:
Cold food works best on hot days. It's important to drink lots of water!
24 July 2015 - 6:17
admin says:
Alexandra, phew! It is really sweaty to be in a big city in such heat! You have to look for cafes and other places with AC! What does the further plan look like?
Discovering the Planet, it will be interesting to explore the food on the mainland then! Sounds promising! Our problem in Italy is that none of us like pizza. We do eat pasta once in a while, but we are not pasta lovers. But as I said, it will be interesting! But first it will be Sicily!
24 July 2015 - 9:03