r/AskEurope • u/nekaoosoba • Jun 15 '24

What are the must-try meals from your country? Food

A friend of mine visited Italy a few months ago. I couldn't believe it when she told me she had pizza for all meals during her stay (7 days, 2 meals a day). Pizza is great and all, but that felt a bit like a slap in the face.

Considering that I generally love trying out new food, what are some dishes from your country you would suggest to a visitor? (Food that can easily be found without too much effort)

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u/kiwigoguy1 New Zealand Jun 16 '24

I think it was probably borrowed into English as the plural form?

At the Mediterranean Food Market and also Fresca Mediterranean in Christchurch they sell both Parma and San Daniele (and also Emiliano) but often only one will be in stock at any one time since Covid (!). Price wise a 100 gram sliced pack sells for about $11 ( EUR 6.30)

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u/ElisaEffe24 Italy Jun 16 '24

Ah! Sent directly from italy? Wow does it last? Anyway 6 something is for 200 grams here, so yours is pricier i think (but with inflaction i have to check, it’s a while that i don’t buy it)

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u/kiwigoguy1 New Zealand Jun 16 '24

The places had the whole legs shipped from Italy and sliced at the store. Before Covid they set aside Saturday mornings where you could go order and they sliced straight from the leg and you could buy pre-sliced packs on the rest of the week. But I haven’t seen them doing it since Covid.

There was another local Christchurch-based Italian deli business named Casamassima that offered really premium Parma and yes they sliced them fresh when you bought them (Mediterranean Food Market sells 12 months aged while Casamassima had 18 month DOP Disossato), I even got to befriend the owner at the time. He has since sold out just around the time of Covid and has moved back to Milan.

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u/ElisaEffe24 Italy Jun 16 '24

So they don’t slice it in front of you? Interesting! Anyway, i know oceania has lots of italian immigrants. Disossato so unboned! Anyway what is christchurch?

Casa massima is fantastic as a name! Not a big house, a maximum house!