Post AtthkDeIjGLX6NgkHA by RecoveredExpert@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AtthkCQRHJfDJ6CA1w by stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2025-05-07T10:47:23Z
       
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       There's something about going to Bologna that always lifts my spirits#Food #Bologna #Italy #Italia
       
 (DIR) Post #AtthkDeIjGLX6NgkHA by RecoveredExpert@mastodon.social
       2025-05-08T14:35:04Z
       
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       @stefano Fuck yeah! I remember a long long time ago attending a conference in Bologna with a colleague who was a native speaker b/c his parents were from Italy. We were eating at various restaurants that tourist (or other conference attendees) would go to. One had its menu on a wall mounted chalk board.Had by far the best Italian food I ever had. Just wish I was either speaking Italian or that I was a better cook ;)
       
 (DIR) Post #AtthkEue1z0v1MLJOC by stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2025-05-08T19:21:33Z
       
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       @RecoveredExpert 😆 Yes, those restaurants with the menus written with the chalk are great. Unfortunately, many of them are disappearing (you know..sushi, poke, etc are all around now) but there are still some of them 😉
       
 (DIR) Post #AtthkFl6suyte4tDAO by RecoveredExpert@mastodon.social
       2025-05-08T19:32:06Z
       
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       @stefano I never got the sushi thing. It’s one of the very few things that still puzzles me to this day. It’s not just that I don’t like it. I “get” why people like other stuff I don’t like and vice versa. Whatever, I don’t have to understand everything ;-)Too bad I don’t understand nor speak any Italian to go to those restaurants that still offer good local food.Learning won’t work. My brain seems to be totally incompatible with romance languages for some reason.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtthkGgtQ5CaXHvMES by stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2025-05-08T19:37:55Z
       
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       @RecoveredExpert sushi is ok, as many other foods. I just don't get the "hey, there's this 'new' cool food, we all need to convert to it!"As for local restaurants, you don't need to learn Italian. Just get in and say "cucina vera locale". Italians are proud of their food, so they'll do their best to serve you the best food they can 😉
       
 (DIR) Post #AtthkHC5Y69i62WGrA by RecoveredExpert@mastodon.social
       2025-05-08T19:55:52Z
       
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       @stefano I’m open to most western food. My only rules: No insects, nothing with a hard shell[1] and it must not be able to “look” at me.[1] One exception: mussels, both, italian and french variants. Last time I had good mussels was in 2021, when we spent a bit more than a week in a friends “vacation home” in the wider Venetia area, just before tourist season started.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtthkHltOynNt5GrfE by Maltheus@lab.nyanide.com
       2025-05-08T22:07:27.661610Z
       
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       @RecoveredExpert @stefano But... hard shells are literally evolved to guard the tastiest of insides.Exoskeletons are a different matter.