Italians Are so Livid Brits Are Adding Two Ingredients to Pasta They've Called the Embassy

Express ^ | Thu, Aug 7, 2025 | Christopher Sharp

[nickcarraway]

Ping

[dfwgator]

[coloradan]

If my grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bicycle

[Publius]

As well as recommending the use of the original constituent ingredients, the website also said people should add butter and parmesan as part of the meal’s construction.

Infamia!

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

This is the kind of ridiculous thing that led Europeans to go to war with each other over thousands of years, and I thought that mindset was gone for good.

This story makes me think there's still some hope for them.

[kaktuskid]

The Lionfield paisans on YouTube will be invading the UK.

[Paladin2]

Who in the world is against butter?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

If only they would get that upset about the Chinese moving into their country.

Oh well. None of my never mind.

[mikey_hates_everything]

but this latest food-based fracas comes after Heinz decided to sell their version of spaghetti carbonara in a can

Heinz has already done it to the Brits.

[nwrep]

I know. Their women are getting sodomized by the Arabs and they are worried about butter in pasta.

[Billthedrill]

Wait - ketchup over Ramen noodles isn’t spaghetti? My whole college career was a sham...

[ClearCase_guy]

Question 1) “Russia is invading your homeland. Will you join up and fight?”
Answer 1) “No.”

Question 2) “Foreigners have added an inappropriate ingredient to one of our recipes. Will you —”
Answer 2) “Say no more. I’m heading to the recruitment center.”

[dfwgator]

“Say here this salsa comes from New York City.”

“NEW YORK CITY?!?!!?!”

“Get a rope!”

[Arkady]

Not that long ago Europeans were planning to add crickets to their pasta flour...

[Savage Beast]

Yeah, the Italians are really funny about their food.

I remember a tour guide almost gagging when she mentioned "all the things Americans put on pizza."

I tend to be philosophical about cultural peculiarities, but even I was a bit red-faced when my grandchildren asked for pizza at La Fenice in Venice.

[nickcarraway]

Jimmelini.

[Sirius Lee]

The guineas are right in this instance. The gastronomically challenged poofyer limeys with their cooking which is pony are wrong. Not an opinion. Fact!

[31R1O]

Okay, that’s hilarious.

[tumblindice]

Italian chef Giorgio got his fingers caught in a food processor.
He suffered a speech impediment for the rest of his life.