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From: severino@rb-dc1.UUCP (andrea severino)
Newsgroups: net.veg
Subject: Re: Can Vegies eat in Italy?
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Date: Tue, 4-Nov-86 22:33:42 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  4 22:33:42 1986
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Summary: may I add...

> 
> 	Pizza - Seems to be available everywhere north of Florence.

North of Florence??? You'll find it anywhere !!! It is actually more
traditional in Naples.

> 
> Pesto is traditional (Bolognese, I think), but it is not easy to find in the
> off season (i.e. before July, say), it is most often used as a flavoring or 
> garnish (for example in soups) and not as a sauce for pasta.  "Pasta
> primavera" is as American as a New York Yuppie.  I never saw "fettucine
> Alfredo" on a menu in Italy.
> 

The pesto sauce is traditional from Genova but you'll hardly found it in
restaurants...Pesto is used MOSTLY for pasta dishes and I never seen it in
soups (in 25 years) 
Pasta primavera IS italian... 
Fettuccine Alfredo are more common
in the south of Italy but under different names you'll get something close 
to it across Italy...

> Soups are virtually all made from Chicken stock, as far as I could tell.

Quite generalized...

If you are vegetarian try most of the vegetable dishes in Italy!!
There are a lot of them as side dishes and they are great!
The fruits are also great! Just keep telling them "vegetariano..."

Ciao, buona fortuna ... 

Andrea