87 year old Betta makes tagliatelle al ragù! #tagliatelle #freshpasta #pasta
Lovely Betta shares her recipe for tagliatelle with ragù, a meat sauce. Meat – carne in Italian – means a mixture of beef and pork, rather than chicken or rabbit. This is her mother’s recipe and it was served on special occasions.
She was probably helping her mother and her nonna prepare tagliatelle con ragù already as a child in the 1940s. Probably not during the war, as there was a severe food shortage (of meat in particular), but some years later when things were getting back to normal. Ladies like her and of course even old men who know how to cook are of profound value to any culture. This channel is doing an admirable and important job preserving their stories and contributions for eternity. It reaches beyond the realm of Italian cooking. For example, it has inspired me as a Swede to talk to my mother about how my grandmother used to cook in the 1950s and 1960s. She has to think for a while, but then all of a sudden she remembers exactly how different dishes were made.
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Beautiful smile and pasta!
She was probably helping her mother and her nonna prepare tagliatelle con ragù already as a child in the 1940s. Probably not during the war, as there was a severe food shortage (of meat in particular), but some years later when things were getting back to normal. Ladies like her and of course even old men who know how to cook are of profound value to any culture. This channel is doing an admirable and important job preserving their stories and contributions for eternity. It reaches beyond the realm of Italian cooking. For example, it has inspired me as a Swede to talk to my mother about how my grandmother used to cook in the 1950s and 1960s. She has to think for a while, but then all of a sudden she remembers exactly how different dishes were made.
Staple that should be learned by all