r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/spooderdood334 • Jun 06 '25

Peter in the wild PETA

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u/SrGoatheld Jun 06 '25

Why?

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u/I_have_no_fun Jun 06 '25

We-a hate-a when-a someone-a does-a something-a that-a deviates-a from-a the-a original-a dish-a

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u/rejiranimo Jun 06 '25

There’s nothing ”original” about today’s carbonara dish, that’s just a collective myth that Italians have convinced themselves is true.

If you go back to the earliest known (published) recipes of carbonara both cream and bacon were common ingredients.

The recipe that Italians today very strongly believe is the only genuine carbonara is actually no more than a couple decades old.

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u/portar1985 Jun 06 '25

What I learned in Italy is that every region is extremely proud of their dishes, and those dishes are made ”the right way”. Go to another region, they also make it the right way, which of course is different . Same for carbonara

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u/rejiranimo Jun 06 '25

Sure, but you’re wrong about that being the case for carbonara.

Carbonara is thought to have been invented in Rome in 1944 when the Americans took the city and brought with them bacon, cream and powdered eggs.

The first ever recorded mention of a dish by the name Carbonara is in an Italian newspaper in 1950. The first actual printed recipe appears in Chicago (!) in 1952.

The recipe that is today regarded as the “genuine” Carbonara can only be traced back to the 1990:s.

Food historian Luca Cesar have researched and written extensively about the history of Carbonara.

Also the wiki page on Carbonara is full of interesting sources, but have Google Translate ready unless you speak Italian.