Countertop polenta feels less like cooking and more like summoning an ancient starch spirit.
BeeLight_N_Fly
I can’t decide if it’s him or the food that’s more annoying.
Loud-Ad-2280
Idk why the cheering makes me angry but it does
rickoftheuniverse
*dumps sauce on table*
WOOOOOW
Somerandom420dude
Upvoted because it’s stupid
carlosstjohn116
Mareenahra
Francesca_N_Furter
The old Italian guys in my family would pour polenta out on a huge wooden board in the middle of the table and eat off of that. I was told it was a traditional way to serve it.
Dogekaliber
r/wewantplates
rinkydinkmink
that polenta is going to be fucking cold
chucklesses86
I can’t stand Christian Petroni! He’s such a douche, he’s the absolute worst when he comes up on Food Network.
NifftyTwo
That was the stupidest thing I’ve seen in a while. But most of it was him talking and the people cheering like it’s fucking Emeril Live
The_Duke_of_NuII
This is actually a traditional way to serve it … Too often this subreddit seems to just be shitting on people from different cultures. I’m here to make fun of pretentious fine dining and rage baiting content creators.
I don’t have any interest in being snarky towards some random small business owner who is just trying to make it.
DamHawk
“I like to make a ragu and call it marinara”
blusteryflatus
Ya this is not stupid. This is actually the way polenta is served in many parts of northern Italy. Even the non-stop yapping while prepping it is pretty traditional for Italians. At least it was in my family.
The only thing that is not traditional is adding all that stuff to the polenta before the pour. Also, it looks a little too runny. And 8 hours for a marinara sauce is a little mental, but to each their own.
alan-penrose
This is art. Looks awesome and love the story. Dude has swag.
Organic_Education494
I’m most annoyed by him scooping it with a frying pan..
6string_samurai
What is it with hipster chefs wearing beanies in the kitchen?! It gets WAY too hot to wear beanies in there, baseball caps I get…
kurtzsp
As italian, that’s disgusting
RiverQuirky1429
Christian Petroni knows what he’s doing when it comes to food
WuTangBladeswinger
Ah, but if this were a random Indian guy with a random Indian dish, everyone would be up in arms. This community’s bias is showing hard lol
Tijain_Jyunichi
Interesting how so many of ya’ll find this annoying.
I just see a guy who enjoys cooking and talking about it past and methodology while doing it.
Aside from his marinara pronunciation, I found this rather normal.
Toreole
At least the viscosity prevents it from running off the table
Ok_History2207
I’m from north italy. Marinara sauce, basil, prezzemolo, pesto, aceto balsamico don’t go on polenta. That’s seems to me spunk for pigs
cenedra68
italian here, i live in north by lake of Como where polenta al tocc (polenta on wooden board) it’s a traditional dish. The polenta is too liquid, butter is ok and wrong type of cheeses. Polenta on the wooden board is dense and NO addtion of parsley and the other stuff. Only dense polenta (it’s better polenta taragna and not the yellow one) butter and cheese (casera eg) and that’s it
Bunteskanzler_Merz
Guy watched way too many Indian street food videos 😣
twat69
Looks like paisano wanted to be a performance artist. But somehow ended up at culinary school instead.
BeerNinjaEsq
he said it himself: “What are we really doing here, guys?”
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Countertop polenta feels less like cooking and more like summoning an ancient starch spirit.
I can’t decide if it’s him or the food that’s more annoying.
Idk why the cheering makes me angry but it does
*dumps sauce on table*
WOOOOOW
Upvoted because it’s stupid
Mareenahra
The old Italian guys in my family would pour polenta out on a huge wooden board in the middle of the table and eat off of that. I was told it was a traditional way to serve it.
r/wewantplates
that polenta is going to be fucking cold
I can’t stand Christian Petroni! He’s such a douche, he’s the absolute worst when he comes up on Food Network.
That was the stupidest thing I’ve seen in a while. But most of it was him talking and the people cheering like it’s fucking Emeril Live
This is actually a traditional way to serve it … Too often this subreddit seems to just be shitting on people from different cultures. I’m here to make fun of pretentious fine dining and rage baiting content creators.
I don’t have any interest in being snarky towards some random small business owner who is just trying to make it.
“I like to make a ragu and call it marinara”
Ya this is not stupid. This is actually the way polenta is served in many parts of northern Italy. Even the non-stop yapping while prepping it is pretty traditional for Italians. At least it was in my family.
The only thing that is not traditional is adding all that stuff to the polenta before the pour. Also, it looks a little too runny. And 8 hours for a marinara sauce is a little mental, but to each their own.
This is art. Looks awesome and love the story. Dude has swag.
I’m most annoyed by him scooping it with a frying pan..
What is it with hipster chefs wearing beanies in the kitchen?! It gets WAY too hot to wear beanies in there, baseball caps I get…
As italian, that’s disgusting
Christian Petroni knows what he’s doing when it comes to food
Ah, but if this were a random Indian guy with a random Indian dish, everyone would be up in arms. This community’s bias is showing hard lol
Interesting how so many of ya’ll find this annoying.
I just see a guy who enjoys cooking and talking about it past and methodology while doing it.
Aside from his marinara pronunciation, I found this rather normal.
At least the viscosity prevents it from running off the table
I’m from north italy. Marinara sauce, basil, prezzemolo, pesto, aceto balsamico don’t go on polenta. That’s seems to me spunk for pigs
italian here, i live in north by lake of Como where polenta al tocc (polenta on wooden board) it’s a traditional dish. The polenta is too liquid, butter is ok and wrong type of cheeses. Polenta on the wooden board is dense and NO addtion of parsley and the other stuff. Only dense polenta (it’s better polenta taragna and not the yellow one) butter and cheese (casera eg) and that’s it
Guy watched way too many Indian street food videos 😣
Looks like paisano wanted to be a performance artist. But somehow ended up at culinary school instead.
he said it himself: “What are we really doing here, guys?”
I don’t know either