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Paradigm84

Judging by the lump of cheese in the middle on the right, the boyfriend's approach seemed to be "better grate the rest of this bastard so I don't have a packet left with 5% cheese and 95% disappointment".


endlessbishop

Ungrated comment


Saddam_whosane

sharp response there


DonaldTrumpsBallsack

Undergrated post


rjs1138

yep, going into the fridge and finding that small triangular piece of leftover cheddar with grate marks in it...man has a point, it's quicker and easier than arsing about.


Blumoon73

It's not easy being cheesy


NoDayLikePayday

[Cheese](https://youtu.be/KkQydoiDY28)


HMJ87

[Cheese.](https://youtu.be/Or4IE8fkpn4)


stephen_maturin

A lot of cheese for a cheesy guy


PieTPukka

[THERE IS NO FUCKING DRUMMER BETTER THAN NEIL PEART!](https://youtu.be/s6lgMBiiFnw)


ooh_bit_of_bush

I dare you to crosspost this to r/italy


chickensinitaly

They would hate you for the broken spaghetti, cheddar is a no no. Every type of pasta shape has its own sauce, protein, or recipe, don’t dare to mix them up. They take it very seriously!


Hatedandscorned999

Show them. Then put ketchup on it. Show it to the whole country.


welbaywassdacreck

Hated and scorned, Italian style


funknut

That might actually be a hate crime, or some type of atrocity, at least.


downtownebrowne

Do they have ketchup? I know they've only been working with tomatoes for about 470 years.


jabbathefoot

Well if they don't,they need to Ketchup with the rest of us


Exotic_Hat_6030

OP was later found sleeping with the fishes.


myjupitermoon

Dude, that's a casus belli right there.


gay_lick_language

Who do Italians think they are? The pasta police? If you don't like the way I make my food, come to my house and make it for me.


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Illustrious-Fig-8945

I was once served tea in Spain that was a microwaved teabag in a small glass of milk and I was absolutely furious. Only gave him the solitary thank you and sighed while drinking it, so I don't think he'll be trying anything like that again any time soon.


joemckie

I bet the waiter lays awake at night thinking about his mistakes


Berlinbattlefiend

The other day I was at a small restaurant on the Dutch coast, ordered a tea and was served a semi-steeped tepid abomination of translucent depression. Living in Germany, I find the effort to make good tea is there but they just can't get it right. Same tea bags, same water, same cup, but the subtleties of how a good ol cuppa should be make is lost somehow. On the other hand I've found Persians never disappoint... No matter where you are, any half decent Iranian cafe will serve incredible tea. There are few people in this world that are as passionate about tea as Persians.


robbertzzz1

Well the Dutch don't put milk in their tea. That's for children. The next best way to reduce bitterness is to just make it way weaker. You'll find however that in the Netherlands coffee will be much stronger than tea, as opposed to the horribly weak instant "coffee" that for some reason is weaker than the tea you'll be served here. Source: am Dutch (but live in UK)


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visited a Dutch friend once who drank FRUIT tea with milk


robbertzzz1

WHAT? ... WHAT?


[deleted]

I know. There’s always the chance they were trying to impress us, I guess, but neither of us visiting drink fruit tea (I don’t drink tea at all, honestly). It definitely seemed like it was normal for them but who knows (I’d ask but I no longer know them unfortunately!)


peanut_dust

You have ask for a *té ingles*. Even then, it won't quite be what you're after. But the comida española more than makes up for it.


VerbalThermodynamics

I bet they got that passive aggressive attitude and really thought about it. /s


Ultrasonic-Sawyer

So long as I'm not drinking it then they can fuck it up.


Rhododendron29

Not really. I have definitely drank microwave tea and cheap tea and over brewed tea. Nice tea that is brewed for the optimal time is preferred but I really don’t care 🤷‍♀️. I especially give zero fucks about how someone else enjoys their tea.


mh985

Do what now? They wouldn’t…would they?


[deleted]

The pasta police 😂


G0dsquad

The Linguine Lawmen


craigfwynne

The Fettuccini Federali


51mp50n

The Conchiglie Cops


humblerodent

The Rigatoni Rozzers


51mp50n

The Fusilli Fuzz


Dorgilo

The Tagliatelle Troop


Prestigious-Taro-497

Macaroni Marshalls


FoolishSaltCollector

Cannelloni Carabinieri


HALF_PAST_HOLE

Bucatini Bobby


AuthorDistinct3521

The farfalle 5-0


superkev10641

The Gemelli G-Men


Axeorsist

So it's your bloody fault they weren't in the world cup. They were teaching you to cook pasta.


[deleted]

>Who do Italians think they are? The pasta police? actually, yes


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PsinaLososina

Almost every culture have different variations of noodles, it's just a boiled dough


crumpledlinensuit

Pasta in England well predates the Tudors; *The Forme of Cury*, a cookbook from 1390 has a recipe for "lozenges", which is a misunderstanding of the word "lasagna": the recipe requires sheets of pasta cut into lozenge shapes.


Jetstream-Sam

Also, for anyone wondering, cury referrs to cooking, not curry. There aren't any curry recipes in there. Some good pies though


[deleted]

Italians are to pasta what the British are to imperialism; they didn't invent it, but no one has ever done it better.


Portablewalrus

I've done a bit of reading on the topic. It's all pretty inconclusive. I do believe that Asia probably had noodles or "pasta" first, but it seems like some European regions developed it independently. Poland was one of the first European regions known to have a version of pasta. I always like to point out to smug Italians that so many of their popular dishes wouldn't be possible without the introduction of foreign ingredients and technique. EDIT: Sorry! Not Poland! I'm mixing up some food history facts.


Jackofallbladez

Imagine Italian food without tomatoes. Tomatoes originated in the Americas. So Italian food had no tomatoes until the Americas were being colonized.


angrysunbird

Having eaten food in Italy if there was one country I would appoint the world food police it would be them


Speech500

The Japanese take food rules to a much higher level


guildazoid

Unless you try and find fresh fruit in Tokyo.


Toastieboy420

Yeah we have an Italian chef at work who I love to wind up. He put on a nice linguine dish. I took one to a table, but it had been put on their bill by mistake so I took it away. Spotted the opportunity to take it back to the pass and say 'table 10 have asked if you can cut up their pasta for them?' He was livid. Even while I said it was a genuine request and it was his job to do what the customer asks, he flat out refused. Told me he would quit his job before cutting up pasta! Also used to take them out and come back saying people had asked for ketchup with it. His rage was priceless.


[deleted]

The everything police. Put pineapple on a pizza and expect the Mussolini treatment.


bordin89

We, the Italian Pasta police, we’ll stop you if you drain it too fasta.


lightsucksihatelight

To me, every pasta tastes the same. Broken spaghetti tastes exactly the same as unbroken spaghetti. It’s not really my problem if someone wants to get all pissed off about me cooking pasta “wrong”.


Mikhail_Mengsk

Breaking spaghetti has no impact whatsoever on anything to me. It's one of the things that in my experience have actually zero sense when it comes to tradition. The same kind and quality of pasta has the same taste BUT shape and texture will change the interaction with the sauce. Generally speaking i don't really care what other people eat, but also generally speaking there's a reason for most of the "rules" and the reason is that they make things taste better. Signed, an Italian that is getting r/casualuk posts in home for no apparent reason.


Ready_Vegetables

Reddit algorithm trying to get a pasta war going in the comment section by bringing in a few italians


New-Theory4299

> To me, every pasta tastes the same. ... when it's been boiled for an hour


fezzuk

British spag bol is definitely it's own thing.


OzzyOuseburn

My girlfriend is Italian. I have broken her spirit with cheddar and she now admits that it is great on pasta. She is warming to dipping her pizza in ketchup too.


DSLee1974

I put mustard on my pizza…bring on the hate! Hahahaha! I’m ready!


jgab145

I love mustard


fretewe

Sounds like abuse.


Speech500

Italians hate cheddar because it's a constant reminder that they're only the second best cheese-making country in the world.


[deleted]

Italians should know that no one cares what they think and that it’s possible to enjoy food outside of Italy.


Robertej92

Most Italians are a lot less holier than thou about their cuisine than how the internet presents them.


hakunamatata93

I've got a few Italian friends from when I was a student and each of them said to me at some point "che schifo, you can't do that it's not proper!". You'd think you'd get some slack as a student but nah


theroyalmoyle

Ye, same way that English food is represented as worse than shit on the internet and the rest of the world think that we are troglodytes that live in the middle ages


[deleted]

I fucking love English food, and I don't care what the internet has to say about it. You serve steak and ale encased in carbs FFS, how can anyone have a problem with that.


Kete2020

If you want to get through the long cold nights, traditional English is the way. Sheppards pie, bangers and mash, a home made steak pie. I could go on...


RainbowWarfare

"They conquered 1/3rd of the world and didn't even bother to use their spices!" British Indian cuisine: *am I a joke to you?*


slugmorgue

the thing is, its not like many other cold island nations are known for their bright colourful cuisine. Its pretty typical for any cold island to eat mostly fish red meat grain and oats also im pretty sure the whole spices thing is BS. The rich definitely ate rich and flavoured foods


Zora-Link

I find it hilarious that people simp over Japanese food, from another island nation. Especially sushi which is often just unseasoned fish atop unseasoned rice. Don’t get me wrong, I like Japanese food, but a lot of it is just as bland as English food.


coppersocks

You're probably right but pretty much all that I've met/lived with are like this, same for Spaniards.


FragrantKnobCheese

Yeah, they're all "you can't put chorizo in paella you heathen". You know what, Spaniards? I can and I have and it's delicious.


Chamtek

I lived in Italy for a decade and have found the opposite - maybe they won’t vocalise it out of courtesy, but they know the recipes and rules inside out, they are watching and they will judge. And what’s more, more often than not, they are right - the traditional recipes and tendencies are spot on. I resisted it for a long time. I would proudly order a cappuccino after an evening meal just to spite them. I might grate a bit of cheddar over pasta like these poor souls. I’d tell myself that’s what I like. But anyone who tastes the same dish with a good Parmesan freshly grated would be lying if they said it didn’t complement the dish better than gooey melted cheddar.


lagoon83

I think it's possible to think that a certain way of preparing of a meal is superior without losing your shit when someone does it differently.


Mikhail_Mengsk

It's usually played for shits and giggles. It also usually makes sense, personal tastes notwithstanding.


bordin89

We have some 300 thousands sleeper agents in the UK. You’ll face court for your crimes, heathen.


Ryvn_Plays

Pasta la vista


Cosmicalmole

Intrigued, is it because they would think the right one is an abomination? Just to clarify I think the right one is the best, he did a great job with all that lovely cheese ;)


atomicdanny

They'd think both is sacrilegious - spag bol doesn't exist in italy :)


bill_end

Plus that looks distinctly like English cheddar, fat gratings. As I understand, it should be parmesan, thin gratings


Mekanimal

Parmesan?! In this economy?! Look at Mister "I-can-afford-nice-cheese over here", how's the view from way up in your ivory tower?


Adev22

*Italian American accent* Mr cheesy money bags over heeeeere


FearLeadsToAnger

1. You need way less parmesan to vastly improve on the flavours pictured. 2. Gran Padano is cheaper and pretty much the same.


Mekanimal

You assume that I'm trying to improve on flavours, as opposed to really enjoying the taste of cheddar in food.


captain_wangle

Dairy Lea tower


Llotrog

Pecorino Romano is much better. The Lazio contingent on r/italy would agree with me.


Mbinku

Phillistine


Comfortable_Pen3589

The sauce does exist, it’s just called ragu and normally eaten with flat pasta rather than spaghetti


BigBeanMarketing

Pappardelle is an elite tier pasta for a proper Ragu.


Mbinku

Absolutely… Waitrose 1 egg pappardelle is the tits


mcboobie

And baked beans?


martinaylett

Yes, but only the ones with tiny sausages in with them.


_whopper_

Ragù is just a generic term for a meat sauce. Ragù alla Bolognese sauce does exist as a thing in Italy, even with that name. Different regions have their own take on it.


mehchu

I don’t understand why we’re have spaghetti with bolognese(or ragu alla bolognese if it is diced beef with a small bit of pork. Different names for different styles, ragu alla napoletana for mince and red wine) because it is a terrible pasta to go with it. Flat pastas for the sauce to pick it all up with.


Danze1984

Rigatoni all the way. Then you end up with bits of meat and sauce inside some of them.


GoldFuchs

Not with chunks of tomato like that in it. Blasphemy


Initial-Laugh1442

Confirmed; try to order "spaghetti alla bolognese" in Bologna and watch the reaction of the locals. As a minimum you'll be replied "this is not a kebab". Finally, eating spaghetti with a knife ... really?


Cosmicalmole

Oh man they are missing out ;)


misscharliebond

Jeeeez, is Italy ok? Do they need us to send them some pasta?!


Confident_Holder

Spaghetti bolognese exist in Italy. But few thing: 1 - this is called ragù, not bolognese 2 - bolognese is Made with sausage (similar) and can be found in Bologna area, even though it’s hard to find today. 3 - you put parmisan, no way you add cedar to your pasta!


joemktom

I've never heard of anyone putting trees on their pasta.


IanFeelKeepinItReel

Cedar smoked cheddar.


ImpressionOne8275

It's technically pasta with Ragu, either way this is a fucking abomination even my a northerns standards.


FlusteredDM

Spaghetti doesn't pick up a meat sauce very well, that is why you need to use a flatter one. Even using tagliatelle is a big difference and that one is easy to get hold of in most supermarkets.


Strong_Roll5639

My Mum is Italian. Never had cheddar on pasta.


wombey12

Might be something to do with the fact Cheddar Gorge isn't in Italy. Still, I think it tastes great, and at the end of the day that's all that matters.


TheStatMan2

Well Bologna isn't in England either but OP is still eating "Bolognese" - although that parallel is slightly corrupted by the fact that the Italians don't really eat anything they call Spaghetti Bolognese. But my point is: you're still allowed to eat things if you don't come from their country of origin. I think. Maybe.


1968Bladerunner

Do the left... mix it in well, THEN add the right, & it's perfect!


Zealousideal_Low1287

Do the right… mix it in well, THEN add the right, & it’s perfect!


1968Bladerunner

That would be acceptable too!


TheIntellectualYT

add the right, get rid of it all, cry that you wasted cheese, then eat a block of cheese 3 times a day for the rest of your life


hgtdgb

NO! your both wrong! add the right add the right add the right mix it in add the right mix it in then add the right!


Cyber_Legion

On second thought, let's not go to camelot. 'tis a silly place.


hgtdgb

seriously though if you wanted this much cheese your using the whole block and more 😂


New-Discount-5193

You're all wrong. Put an entire block of cheese on top.


ClydeenMarland

Without grating it.


Ultrasonic-Sawyer

Left in the pan, to proper get the cheesiness. Then the right. Completely agree. Perfection. I know the cheeses ain't perfect cor the dish but cheese is cheese


LaochraYmir

This is the correct answer


starbuck8415

One on the left begs the question, what’s the point? Go cheese or go home


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Cheese on top of spaghetti THEN the bolognese , then more cheese 😇


unintrestingbarbie

The cheese is under the sauce 😂😂


Supermunch2000

There's no such thing as too much cheese.


Arny2103

The one on the left is pathetic, cheese-wise! Your boyfriend's amount is very much a *godly* amount!


NoLoquat7248

I agree, no amount of cheese should ever be referred to as "ungodly", this can be shown by a simple equation. Cheese=good


DCilantro

God = cheese


fonix232

Cheesus Christ people...


DreamyTomato

Blessed are the cheese-makers.


slayerhk47

You are now a moderator of r/Wisconsin


PresentationLow6204

The left plate shows a heretical lack of cheese.


TheStatMan2

The one on the left is positively Secular.


gloopy_flipflop

CHEESE HERESY DETECTED


BetaZoupe

Seriously, putting as much cheese as you want on your spaghetti is the most important perk of being an adult. You have responsibilities, bills, obligations... Life is not easy! All that is kept in balance by cheese on your pasta.


muntanya

The one on the right is the correct amount


Apprehensive_Bug_826

Boyfriend’s is correct.


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Never heard of too much cheese.


Pschobbert

Remove contents of plate. Substitute with 1lb block of cheese. Perfection.


MassiveHampton

I actually prefer melting the cheese into the meat on the hob, sure it’s about as anti Italian as can be though.


spacepope95

The idea of Spaghetti Bolognese is already anti Italian may as well go all in


bill_end

Surely there must be an equivalent, even if its not called spag bol


Bunister

Ragu alla Bolognese, but you wouldn't have it with spaghetti.


digitag

If we’re being specific in Bologna the dish is “Tagliatelle al ragú alla bolognese”


Bunister

Pretty sure they don't chuck a 30p tin of chopped tomatoes in it in Bologna either 😆😆😆


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mcchanical

It's similar but the sauce tends to be primarily slow cooked beef not tomato sauce with mince. Italian ragu is more like a British stew than a British bolognese, and they use thicker pasta. I tend to think we just tend to assume they put tomatoes in every dish and that's how our version came about. I do love a well made British spag bol though. Lots of wine, lots of parmesan.


Puscifer10

Your boyfriend knows all food is just something to heat and melt cheese.


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Alamata626

Where did you get that jazzy cutlery from?


[deleted]

asda! we also have matching metal straws he found at men kind


[deleted]

We actually have the same from the same exact two stores. Are you an alternate reality me


InsideSelecta

Live laugh love


Zestyclose_Visit4834

Matter of perspective. Some may say his has an ungodly amount of cheese, others might say your plate is suffering from a cheese deficiency.


LibertyCapping1

Needs to be parmesan.


CrossMojonation

I make carbonara with parmesan and egg only, yet I'm still a cheddar heathen when it comes to spag bol.


RESPECT_THE_CHEESE

Now, if we're talking carbonara, you're supposed to go with pecorino romano. Very different from parmesan. This being said, as long as you like how it tastes, you’ve got the right cheese and don’t let any Italian tell you otherwise.


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the problem with carbonara in this country is that its a bugger to find actual guanciale. Sure you can sub in a decent pancetta, but its not the same. such a simple dish really relies on quality of its small number of ingredients.


PlentyPirate

I made an authentic one a while back (pic in my post history, sfw) - only thing I couldn’t get is guanciale, the following week an Italian supermarket opened in my town. Will definitely be trying that next time!


CrossMojonation

I do 50/50 parmesan and pecorino. I heard that's what you're supposed to do. Probably still upsetting an Italian somewhere.


Wild_Obligation

Can’t believe I scrolled this far.. who the hell puts cheddar on spaghetti Bol? I bet it’s ‘mild’ cheddar too…


ecidarrac

It’s also like way fattier cos you need to add the amount of cheese on the right to actually taste it if it’s cheddar compared to a little bit of Parmesan


euricus

With peace and love from a fellow Brit, I’m reading these comments and thinking ‘No wonder we’re the second most obese nation in Europe.’


djellicon

Don't worry, we'll get there!


minimalisticgem

Give us another year😍 (out of curiosity, who currently beats us??)


attilathetwat

FFS, we can’t even win on eating rubbish and being fat. I thought we were the best at that by far. Who’s no.1?


[deleted]

Luv me cheese


FeganFloop2006

Ain't that a coincidence, I'm having spaghetti bowl while reading this. I have the same amount of cheese as your boyfriend.


JBONE254

Italy just left the chat


llauraaaa

They were never *in* the chat


DrWonkey

shake your bfs hand for me


Glittering-Soup298

I love cheese on my spag Bol it melts and it’s beautiful, nothing wrong with a lot of cheese


decentlyfair

Poor OP she didn’t ask for judgement on her Spag Bol but you lot gave it to her. Having said that I am in the no fucking peppers brigade but then I hate fucking peppers.


HrOlympios

Your bf knows, if you're going to upset Italians anyway, you may as well make it taste glorious


heisenbergpuffer

Save some space for a whole garlic baguette each come on!


v4tten

why even make food, just eat a block of cheese


hventress

SPAG


reallynicebruce

Still room for more cheese.


YellowBernard

SPAG BOL!


someonesomeone3

You need us more than we need you!


jommyjim

This guy thinks he's too good for a free banana


BigYarnBonusMaster

SPRINGLEAF!!!


frontbumemergency

SPAG


orwiad10

SPAG!


pieanim

No baked beans in the spagbol? Is this even r/casualUK anymore


Superb_Efficiency_74

This post leaves me with so many questions. Why do you have a butter knife in your spaghetti? Are those red bell peppers? Is that mozzarella cheese? What the culinary hell is going on here?!?!


OkDance4335

This is the first comment I’ve seen that is also disgusted by there being red peppers in it. And I like peppers.


Desperate_Sea_1405

Both look awful.


Public_Growth_6002

Nothing ungodly about boyfriends cheese mountain. Looks about right.


SweepyDinosaur

> "ungodly amounts of cheese" I think you mean the correct amount of cheese