I don’t know what’s with this guy. I love spaghetti bolognese.

“The mayor of Bologna is on a passionate crusade against spaghetti bolognese, condemning it as 'fake news'. 

Despite it being famous the world over, Virginio Merola wants his northern Italian city to wash its hands of the dish.

He said it 'doesn't exist' and went as far as to call the pasta dish 'fake news'. …”

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Fuck him. I'll gladly take his.

Clearly not a lot going on in Bologna.

He's full of baloney.

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Mayor of Bologna says he's sick of tourists ordering spaghetti bolognaise in his city because the pasta dish 'doesn't actually exist'

Stupid Brits - yet again they just spell shit however they want and act as though it's right. Queen's English and all...

Seems like one of those things you should should roll with and use to make money for your city instead of resisting in a manner that causes people to think “fuck ‘em”

When I read this I was thinking, ok, well maybe the tortellini and lasagna your city invented sucks if everyone keeps asking for spaghetti bolognaise. Wouldn't be horrible to have things your tourists want imho but then again I'm not surprised by what folks complain about nowadays.

Top Gear did this gag a few years ago where they all went to Italy and the Hampster drove all over Bologna looking for the dish and couldn't find it

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Seems like one of those things you should should roll with and use to make money for your city instead of resisting in a manner that causes people to think “fuck ‘em”

betting the orders for Spaghetti Bolognese have increased significantly in his town

which may be why he did this,,,

PR event and all that

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
Top Gear did this gag a few years ago where they all went to Italy and the Hampster drove all over Bologna looking for the dish and couldn't find it

Remember that.

That mayor needs to fine better things to bitch about, perhaps he can get together with the mayor of Rome and complain about fettucine alfredo and all its bastardizations that make Italians blanch.

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Originally posted by lyman:

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Seems like one of those things you should should roll with and use to make money for your city instead of resisting in a manner that causes people to think “fuck ‘em”

betting the orders for Spaghetti Bolognese have increased significantly in his town

which may be why he did this,,,

PR event and all that

Sure didn’t read like a well-planned PR event to me. Seemed like him telling the visitors they’re wrong and should be ordering something else.

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If he really needs to be mad at something, he should focus on what Oscar Meyer produces as Bologna

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Originally posted by tatortodd:

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Originally posted by lyman:

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Seems like one of those things you should should roll with and use to make money for your city instead of resisting in a manner that causes people to think “fuck ‘em”

betting the orders for Spaghetti Bolognese have increased significantly in his town

which may be why he did this,,,

PR event and all that

Sure didn’t read like a well-planned PR event to me. Seemed like him telling the visitors they’re wrong and should be ordering something else.

maybe, or not, we will never know,


would like to have a plate of it now tho!

Absolutely hated Bologna!
Dirty, nasty, college town. Nothing but a bunch of drunk Italian college hippies.
In all my European travels it was the only place I felt unsafe. I did get to see the Carabinari lay one hell of a beating to some dude at a train station.
Had one drunk dude keep pestering my buddy’s sister and thought we were going to have to throw down when he flicked his cigarette at her.
I do hope to return to Italy one day. Bologna will not be on the itinerary.
So no Bolognaise for me either way!!

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Originally posted by Black92LX:
Absolutely hated Bologna!

Interesting, I had the direct opposite experience when I've visited.

Hot college girls, friendly and engaging willing to hang-out. Great food, tremendous food scene, one of the great food cities of the world. It does have the bold communist streak, hence one of it's nicknames, La Rossa

This actually doesn't surprise me.
In my country we eat "milanesa" or Milanese steak. It's a breaded variant of a Vienner schnitzel. Replacing flour with bread.
As famous as the milanesa is the milanesa napolitana. A variant with tomato sauce, ham and melted cheese, preferably mozzarella.
The Italians never heard of them. Apparently, immigrants created the dish when they arrived here.

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That sort of thing is hardly unique. Hainan chicken rice is from Singapore, and "Singapore" style rice noodles is a Chinese dish. It's call "Foreign Branding".

No bs, watching Hulu tonight and the guy challenged Bobby Flay and it was pasta bolognaise. And Bobby, the critics et al talked like the dish was legit.