Italy/Italian

Good evening everyone.  Hope that this post finds every one well and good tonight.

Today was "Italian".  Sorry I did not get to take any pictures today ... way too busy and at the end when it was crunch time there wasn't time to take any.

Italian ...

Rooted back to the 4th Century BC, Italian cuisine changed over the decades with the influence of many social and political changes with the giggest change occurred with the discovery of the New World.  Top Quality and Seasonal ingredients of the freshest nature are a mantra of the Italian culture.

Their major foods are Wine, Cheese, Coffee, Pasta, Seafood, Fresh water fish, Lamb and Pork.

Generally meals consist of no fewer that 3-4 courses.  They are considered time to be spent with the family.  The first course is generally the most filling consisting of a pasta or risotto.

Butter and Dairy products are more often seen i the North, Different styles and types of pasta are seen depending on the region, Coffee and Espresso are a huge part of the cuisine, Germanic and Roman Culture are seen in the North and Arabic and Mediterranean cultures influence the southern parts of Italy.

On the menu today was  Applesauce, Wedding Soup,  Little ears and Broccoli Rabe, Bisocotti,  Tiramisu, Risotto Al Pepe Verde, Stracciatella, Insalata di Lattuga al Proschiutto, Trotelle al Balsamico, Cosciotto D'Agnello Farcito and Zabaglione with Strawberries.   All of these dishes would make for a wonderful Italian menu.  Team 1 is down to only two people now and working very hard to keep up ... but, still sort of doing it.  We did forget one thing today and I never even realized it until about 20 minutes ago when I was re-reading what we did ... I realized that it was team 1 that forgot the Baked Tomatoes with Herbs ... I hate when that happens.  When Chef Abbey said that ... "someone forgot the baked tomatoes" ... I really didn't have a clue that he was talking to us.  I am sorry Chef Abbey ... we will try to do better tomorrow.

Tomorrow we are moving on to Poland/Polish.  It is Angie's day to shine with her menu that we will all cook and put out for her family members.  She said that Polish food is easy to cook but that remains to be seen.  We will see how easy it is with a team made of only 2 people.  I will try to take pictures tomorrow so you can see how we did.

Have a great night everyone and take care.  Good night from 1HappyChef.  :)