"anna maria" wrote in message
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You have to look at the Alfredo "recipe" in perspective.... In Alfredo's
times, when I was a kid in Rome (I am not going to say how old I am)
butter, parmesan, cream were not part of our everyday cooking. Romans
cooked mostly with olive oil (they still do).

I still remember my mother getting a phone call from my aunt, and the
conversation was on the subject of using butter. Where my aunt was
saying that butter had very good taste and why she wouldn't start using
it...

snip lovely reminiscence)

Thanks, Anna Maria, for a delightful post. It brought back some warm
memories of my Nonna and her wonderful, simple cooking.

Felice