Italian Cuisine !

     Italian Cuisine is one of the oldest styles of food; Italian cooking was even around when the Roman Empire was in control about 2,000 years ago.  In the middle ages when the Barbarians invaded Italy about 5th century AD, Italians tried new foods such as roasts meats, stuffed pastries, and even oven baked pies. Later in the early middle ages when the trade routes started being developed Italians had new foods such as maize, tomatoes, beans, rice, coffee, Turkish origin, which was also used as medicine. During the 15 century Italians tried soups, grilled foods, boiled meats, fish, vegetables, almond based sweets , pine nuts, candied fruit, honey, lentils, chick peas, buckwheat, eggs, cheese, and mutton. Italy was the first country to use forks about three hundred years ago. Italians invented chilled drinks and may have been the first ones to invent ice cream. Italian cuisine influenced the rest of Europe to use more vegetables then meat. Saladstarted beingin the beginning  of the meal in the sixteenth century. Italian Cuisine originated from the central part of Spain. When people think of the Italian Cuisine the first thi

ng that comes to mind is pizza, and pasta: pizza was originally meant just for the poor it was their way of cooking, pizza was then exported by groups of Italian emigrants and disseminated outside of Italy which made people love this and made pizzapopular for the first time in other places. Italian recipes, either were originally French, Greek, or were from the Spanish Cuisine. Every town in Italy has a different way of making sausage, cheese, wine, and bread. In Italy the Northern and Southern parts eat differently. The Northern part likes making a dish known as Tuscan Beef. Tuscan Beefis made with red wine, garlic traditional herbs probably like rosemary, thyme, oregano, parsley, garlic, etc. In this recipe there are also potatoes, kumara and carrots. Another food that northern Italy likes is egg soft pasta. Southern Italy back in the early 20s was very poor and hardly had anything to eat but they decided to make the best of what they did have. These Italians enjoy provolone, and mozzarella cheese, they also enjoy citrus fruits. As opposed to the Northern who like soft egg pasta these Italian ate hard boiled pasta. Unlike Northern Italy Southern Italy eats a lot of fish such as Swordfish, anchovies, lobster, sardines, etc. Both Northern and Southern Italy eat bread soaked in wine, grapes, and eggs for breakfast. For dinner both Northern and Southern Italy likes to have a feast for hours the types of foods would be; pork, veal, goat, fowl, fish, sweet dried fruits. To drink they would have scented wines, and they would have entertainment. Muslims contributed greatly to the Italian cuisine, Muslims gave the Italians food such as; rice, spinach, alcohol, oranges, lemons, and also sugar. Over the years Italian Cuisine has greatly evolved in part because of a wealth of outside influence that has added to its characteristics flavor and appeal.