Italiani in rivolta contro la carbonara dello chef stellato Gordon Ramsay

Italians revolted by Gordon Ramsay's carbonara

01 November, 2022

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Intermediate (B1)

("You don't mess with carbonara")

qualche giorno fa, il famoso chef Gordon Ramsay ha pubblicato su Twitter e Facebook la sua video-ricetta degli spaghetti alla carbonara.

Il video, però, ha provocato le proteste degli italiani, molto gelosi delle loro tradizioni culinarie.

“Carbonara sbagliata. si fa con il guanciale!”, hanno scritto in Tanti, mentre qualcuno ha preferito dare un consiglio al celebre chef: “Meglio farsi un giro per Roma prima di pubblicare certe cose”.

E voi conoscete la “carbonara”, uno dei piatti più amati dagli italiani?

Sapete cucinare la vera carbonara? Fatecelo sapere nei commenti!

Keywords

lo chef: chef – 厨师

pubblicare: to publish – 发布

la video-ricetta: video recipe – 视频食谱

provocare: to cause, provoke – 激起

la protesta: protest, outcry – 抗议, 反对

le tradizioni culinarie: culinary traditions – 烹饪传统

gli spaghetti alla carbonara: spaghetti alla carbonara – 意大利炭烤培根面

il guanciale: pork cheek – 猪颊肉

farsi un giro: to take a walk – 散步

sbagliato/a: wrong – 错误的

amato/a: beloved – 受喜爱的

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

A few days ago, the famous chef Gordon Ramsay posted his video recipe for spaghetti carbonara on Twitter and Facebook.

However, the video sparked protests from Italians, who are very protective of their culinary traditions.

“Wrong carbonara. It’s made with guanciale!”, many wrote, while some preferred to give a piece of advice to the famous chef: “Better take a trip to Rome before publishing such things.”

And do you know “carbonara,” one of the most loved dishes by Italians? Can you cook the real carbonara? Let us know in the comments!

Italiani in rivolta contro la carbonara dello chef stellato Gordon Ramsay