Oh, my goodness. My head is spinning (in the best way). As the grandchild of Italian immigrants (from the 19 teens) and the daughter of a woman who wanted to adopt those "new" American cooking styles (in the 60s and 70s), I have been confused for years about all of this. While I love my Nana's delicious "sauce" from ground peeled tomatoes and tomato paste, I am excited to branch out a bit with this information! We always made "pasta fresca" in the summer with coarsely chopped roma tomatoes, basil, onions and garlic, and sometimes zucchini or yellow squash. It was so delicious!
Yes…i feel equally confused when in the US people talk about “marinara” and “pomodoro” 😂. Prob what your Nonna made was the closest thing to 19th century tomato sauce!
Ah, thank you, fascinating! We have been growing San Marzano and Pomodoro Squisito; now I have to try Datterino. A little late this year for Western Washington, but with TLC we should be able to try fresh Datterinos by August!
Oh, my goodness. My head is spinning (in the best way). As the grandchild of Italian immigrants (from the 19 teens) and the daughter of a woman who wanted to adopt those "new" American cooking styles (in the 60s and 70s), I have been confused for years about all of this. While I love my Nana's delicious "sauce" from ground peeled tomatoes and tomato paste, I am excited to branch out a bit with this information! We always made "pasta fresca" in the summer with coarsely chopped roma tomatoes, basil, onions and garlic, and sometimes zucchini or yellow squash. It was so delicious!
Yes…i feel equally confused when in the US people talk about “marinara” and “pomodoro” 😂. Prob what your Nonna made was the closest thing to 19th century tomato sauce!
Ah, thank you, fascinating! We have been growing San Marzano and Pomodoro Squisito; now I have to try Datterino. A little late this year for Western Washington, but with TLC we should be able to try fresh Datterinos by August!
Datterinos are coming in! Quite productive. Very smooth and low acid tomato. Making some sauce tonight.