Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!seismo!gatech!cuae2!ltuxa!we53!wucs!slu70!guy From: guy@slu70.UUCP (Guy M. Smith) Newsgroups: net.veg Subject: Re: can veggies eat in Italy? Message-ID: <327@slu70.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Nov-86 13:29:42 EST Article-I.D.: slu70.327 Posted: Mon Nov 3 13:29:42 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Nov-86 01:32:23 EST References: <409@jumbo.DEC.COM> <912@osiris.UUCP> Organization: Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO Lines: 17 Summary: eggs In article <912@osiris.UUCP>, jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jolly C. Pancakes) writes: > In article <409@jumbo.DEC.COM>, kolling@jumbo.DEC.COM (Karen Kolling) writes: > > > > > My wife Celia and I are planning a trip > > > to Italy next May, and we've heard it's pretty tough for those > > > who don't eat meat fish and meat to make it there. > > > > Can this be? Fettucini Alfredo? Fettucini al Pesto? Pasta > > Primavera? I'm gaining a million pounds just thinking of all the > > Italian veggie food that exists. Or are these > > Italian-found-only-in-America foods? > > You are forgetting that of the three you have mentioned at least > two are going to contain dairy products (cream and parmesan) so that if > you are not a lacto-ovo vegetarian (or if, like me, you can't have milk > products) you are outta luck. Also note that pasta in Northern Italy often (maybe always) contains egg.