+78 Do you agree with me I hate actual Italian food and love American Italian food it's so much better tastier and saucier I don't get all the hate Italian American cuisine gets for not being authentic who cares as long as it tastes good, amirite?

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I dislike American Italian food, having grown up with it bc my parents who are immigrants couldn't find the right stuff back before Amazon. Went to Italy and it was like my tastebuds went home.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I like my Italian food made by Chinese people

by Anonymous 2 days ago

American Italian made by Chinese is better.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Never had this

by Disastrous-Amoeba 2 days ago

This guy hates punctuation at least as much as actual Italian food

by Anonymous 2 days ago

As an Italian myself, my family were the first Italians to own a building in Brooklyn love us but….It's safe , all carbs, no bold spice. Great for picky eaters, boring for everyone else. Compared to Greek, Turkish, or Levantine food, it lacks variety , you're mostly eating wheat in different shapes. Seafood dishes elsewhere in the Med are fresher, brighter, and more inventive , Italy just grills and plates. Italian food is about restraint; American Italian is about joy , I'll take joy every time., the cultures uptightness bleeds into the FOOD, taste is a major sense it can't be wasted like this AMERICA does it better Chicken Parm, Garlic Bread, Baked Ziti , all "inauthentic," all amazing. American Italian isn't afraid of cream, cheese, or seasoning Italy holds back like it's scared of flavor. American Italian food doesn't come with a lecture about what you're "allowed" to do with it. In Italy you get artfully plated hunger, in America you get a plate that actually fills you up.

by Disastrous-Amoeba 2 days ago

I so much agree with your analysis

by Anonymous 2 days ago

As an Italian what hooked you, fresh foods as an American are easy to hook us, did you travel to any neighboring places

by Disastrous-Amoeba 2 days ago

italian hand gestures intensifies

by tatum97 1 day ago

actual italian food is poor people food. it wasn't till they got to Merica that they even tasted meat.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Yeah bro they live in a LITERAL PARADISE. Sorry I can't get fresh cuttlefish and risotto grains on my way home from work in Tempe Arizona 😂😂

by braxtonlarkin 1 day ago

Italian American food is harder to make and requires more skill.

by braxtonlarkin 1 day ago

Exactly

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Why do you have to hate one type of food (In your case, Italian food) just to "defend" the one you like? I don't get all the hate Italian American cuisine gets Because that's the reason why the food you like get the hate

by Fabulous-Garden 1 day ago

American Italian is tasty, but not fresh, and awfully heavy. Authentic Italian food is tasty, fresh, and not as heavy. To each its own. I'll take authentic Italian any day.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Bad food is bad whether it's authentic or adapted for different tastes. At the same time good food is good regardless, I don't think Americanised Italian food is any better or worse simply by virtue of not being the traditional Italian style.

by Admirable_Lie_1053 1 day ago

Totally agree with you in disliking "authentic" when it comes to food. But I'm the opposite, I like the variety of northern Italian food and am not such a big fan of overly sauced, overly garlicky east coast style Italian American food. Now when it comes to pizza, I do prefer the variety of east coast American pizza.

by micheal05 1 day ago

Where are you from?

by Lost_Kaleidoscope 1 day ago

Same way I prefer Tex Mex

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Italian American is just a lot more grease and a lot fewer vegetables. Of course Americans love it.

by PoolInformal1594 1 day ago

That 10 recipes italo americans are unable to evolve because they have completely lost their culture are neither better or inspired. Just greasy mess with no direction

by Worried_Two 1 day ago

I've been to some of the more famous authentic Italian places in NYC and elsewhere. I still prefer American style Italian food, especially pizza. Italian pizza kinda sucks.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Don't forget the big chunks of tomato lol. I've tried it and I'm glad NYC and Chicago changed it for the better.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I'm one of those people who actually agrees with this.

by Adell63 1 day ago

Thanks

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Italian food is gross

by Anonymous 1 day ago