Italiani in rivolta contro la carbonara dello chef stellato Gordon Ramsay

Italians revolted by Gordon Ramsay's carbonara

La star della tv e dei fornelli, lo chef Gordon Ramsay, ha postato sul suo profilo Twitter e sulla sua pagina Facebook la sua video-ricetta degli spaghetti alla carbonara, scatenando però le proteste e l’ironia degli italiani: secondo loro, la ricetta è assolutamente non autentica, e addirittura irrispettosa della nostra tradizione culinaria.

“Carbonara sbagliata. si fa con il guanciale!”, si legge per esempio in uno dei Tanti commenti critici, tra cui spunta anche qualche consiglio per lo chef: “Meglio farsi un giro per Roma prima di pubblicare certe cose”. 

E voi conoscete la mitica “carbonara”, uno dei piatti tipici di Roma e uno dei più amati dagli italiani? 

Sapete cucinare la vera carbonara? Fatecelo sapere nei commenti!

Keywords

i fornelli: stovetops – 炉灶

postare: to post – 发布

la video-ricetta: video recipe – 视频食谱

scatenare: to cause, provoke – 引起

l’ ironia: irony – 讽刺

irrispettoso/a: disrespectful – 不尊重的

le tradizioni culinarie: culinary traditions – 烹饪传统

gli spaghetti alla carbonara: spaghetti carbonara – 碳烤培根意面

il guanciale: pork cheek – 猪颊肉

sbagliato/a: wrong – 错误的

amato/a: beloved – 受喜爱的

mitico/a: mythical, legendary, iconic – 神话的, 传奇的

Grammar

Si impersonale
Impersonal “si”

“Carbonara sbagliata. Si fa con il guanciale!”
(Wrong carbonara. It is made with guanciale!)

The construction “si fa” used in this sentence, in Italian is known as the “si impersonale” or “impersonal si”, and it is used to express general rules, instructions or conventions that are not attributed to any specific person.

For example, the sentence above can be translated as “Wrong carbonara. It is made with guanciale!”.
The use of “si fa” indicates a general rule or convention about how to make a traditional carbonara dish. 

In this construction, “si” is an impersonal pronoun that refers to anyone or no one in particular, so it doesn’t indicate a specific subject. The verb that follows is in the third person form, and agrees with the noun that follows it.

Here are a few examples:

  • In Italia la pizza si fa con la mozzarella di bufala. (In Italy, pizza is made with buffalo mozzarella.)
  • Per fare la lasagna si cuoce la pasta prima. (To make lasagna, the pasta is cooked first.)
  • In Italia si mangia molto bene. (In Italy you eat very well.)

Translation

TV and cooking star Chef Gordon Ramsay posted his video recipe for spaghetti carbonara on his Twitter and Facebook pages, sparking protests and irony from Italians: according to them, the recipe is not authentic at all and even disrespectful to our culinary tradition.

“Wrong carbonara. It’s made with guanciale!“, reads one of the many critical comments, among which some even offer advice to the chef: “Better take a trip to Rome before publishing such things.”

And do you know the legendary “carbonara,” one of the typical dishes of Rome and one of the most loved by Italians?
Do you know how to cook real carbonara? Let us know in the comments!