It's strange to think that even after tomatoes were brought to Europe, it was multiple centuries later before they became integrated into the cuisine. People only used them as decorative plants because they thought they were poisonous, as members of the nightshade family.
"It wasn't until the Middle Ages that a recipe appears for something approximating modern lasagna. The 14th century cookbook: Liber de Coquina (“the Book of Cookery”) describes a dish of flattened dough, boiled and then sprinkled with cheese and spices." Africa was discovered by Europeans in the 15th century, 1488, so i am unsure how would ancient lasagna have african peppery spices? ❤🎉
Tomatoes originated in the Andes Mountains of South America, in what is now Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Ecuador. The Aztecs and Incas were the first to cultivate tomatoes as early as 700 AD
I've had pasta like that before and I do not like it at all and like, I don't know if it's just because it's a very it's like not what you intend to be having in your mouth when you're eating pasta like the taste is wrong and the texture is wrong and maybe it would be good if I didn't know what it was, I guess. But it was just incorrect
So even traditional italian food isnt even authentically italian. And they have the nerve to be the biggest most annoying food snobs in the world. Im off to go break some spaghetti in half, and make carbonara with bacon.
Pre-new world food is very fascinating, but also very depressing. So many amazing food combinations that are as natural as breathing were impossible until the columbian exchange!
Can't wait for the nuts to come whine in comments that tomatoes where stolen like if the where not growing in the wild or had disappears from south america… Funniest is that it come from white people must of the time and south american people don't give a flying f- (Peruvian mother here, nobody care)
they saw Chinese merchants eat some kind of noodles or weird food with chopsticks, then make their own version out of it. There is a similarly looking food in Chinese version, but it's made out of rice noodles while the toppings are not cheese. Spoiler alert, it's much more delicious than just plain food like this.
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Wow thats kinda sad, how poor this lasagna looks 😢
So close…to using chopsticks 😅
No tomatoes? Tell me more…
Also Italy wasn’t a country in medieval times
i would like this better. I hate the mounds of sauce and cheese in modern lasagna
Probably they were using mushrooms and also radish, it's still used but less popular, but delicious.
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Dude really ate a flat bland noodle with cheese and liked it
huh… that looks more like ravioli than lasagna.
Looks pretty tasty!
thanks, i hate it.
Those look like unassembled ravioli.
Looks delicious ❤❤❤
Thats a monthly wage just in spices
I was on board until the spice blend
looks better than modern lasangna.
slave meal
First thought when I saw the untouched plate …. "Carpet pasta"…
Very interesting, thank you for sharing
No.
That's like a vegetarian Bolognese Style lasagne which utilizes Béchamel (because of the nutmeg).
It's strange to think that even after tomatoes were brought to Europe, it was multiple centuries later before they became integrated into the cuisine. People only used them as decorative plants because they thought they were poisonous, as members of the nightshade family.
"It wasn't until the Middle Ages that a recipe appears for something approximating modern lasagna. The 14th century cookbook: Liber de Coquina (“the Book of Cookery”) describes a dish of flattened dough, boiled and then sprinkled with cheese and spices."
Africa was discovered by Europeans in the 15th century, 1488, so i am unsure how would ancient lasagna have african peppery spices? ❤🎉
Eating lisagiggity in little Italy
Tomatoes originated in the Andes Mountains of South America, in what is now Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Ecuador. The Aztecs and Incas were the first to cultivate tomatoes as early as 700 AD
Enlighten me. What did they use other than forks, please
I read this as “medical lasagna”, which needs to be a thing
😮 Still looks good. It's like if you forgot to stuff raviolis
Max it's lasagne. Lasagne is plural for the sheets. Similar to spaghetti. You wouldn't say I'll have spaghetto
Get out.
red rock do some pumpkin ravioli that looks a little like this
Medieval Italians were so close to using chopsticks 😂
this looks a lot more appealing to me.
I bet people back then complained that adding tomatoes to the dish was a terrible idea and that it isn't traditional Italian food.
I've had pasta like that before and I do not like it at all and like, I don't know if it's just because it's a very it's like not what you intend to be having in your mouth when you're eating pasta like the taste is wrong and the texture is wrong and maybe it would be good if I didn't know what it was, I guess. But it was just incorrect
And this folks, just justified eating pasta with chopsticks! 😂
I bet there's some dumb Italian snobs who will say this is better than American lasagna
I remember when i was a kid being shocked that people didn't use cutlery in the past
So even traditional italian food isnt even authentically italian. And they have the nerve to be the biggest most annoying food snobs in the world. Im off to go break some spaghetti in half, and make carbonara with bacon.
pasta with no…. tomatoes????
As an Asian – I'm proud to have invented Italian cuisine!
Pre-new world food is very fascinating, but also very depressing. So many amazing food combinations that are as natural as breathing were impossible until the columbian exchange!
Can't wait for the nuts to come whine in comments that tomatoes where stolen like if the where not growing in the wild or had disappears from south america… Funniest is that it come from white people must of the time and south american people don't give a flying f- (Peruvian mother here, nobody care)
as someone with arfid triggers who loves spices and cant stand tomatoes this seems perfectly up my alley
Barbarians using a stick. Thank God the Muslims brought their technology and gave rise to the renaissance.
Looks pretty good tbf
I'm pretty sure lasagna has its origins in Asia. This medieval version looks so much similar to besh parmak, a Kazak dish.
they saw Chinese merchants eat some kind of noodles or weird food with chopsticks, then make their own version out of it. There is a similarly looking food in Chinese version, but it's made out of rice noodles while the toppings are not cheese. Spoiler alert, it's much more delicious than just plain food like this.
that looks like a flat dumpling.