"PeterL" ha scritto nel messaggio

> So, because *you* don't have it that way/haven't had it, no one else in >
> the world will either???
>
> The show I mentioned where Rick Stein watched an old Puglia lady make it,
> > she served it with a side of (Shock Horror!!!) greens.

Yes, commonly served with COOKED escarole or other cooked greens when eaten
as a contorno.

>
> Admittedly, the greens were cooked, but it's not that far fetched that >
> maybe *some* people in Puglia eat mashed fava with a green salad. Hey!!

No, but I do think it is weird that Rick Stein should show a version someone
made just so her kids would like it. I teach Italian cookery. I like to
share this cuisine which interests me a great deal. I do not teach things
that perhaps one person or family does, but how things are generally done in
the tradition of a particular area.

If you don't like that, then killfile me. I couldn't care less what you or
a British chef think about Italian traditions. It means nothing to you and
matters hugely to us.

You love to pick fights. I don't. I'm trying to reveal-- when it comes
up-- what is the underlying and important truth in Italian cookery, not
play games with you or the tradition. Hardly anyone here is ever going to
go to Puglia. I recommend you cut me off, becauyse I go as often as I can
and I will continue to talk about it, not refer to some foreign TV show.