Italiani in rivolta contro la carbonara dello chef stellato Gordon Ramsay

Italians revolted by Gordon Ramsay's 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, non è piaciuto a molti italiani. Nei commenti, infatti, molti italiani hanno scritto che la ricetta di Ramsay è sbagliata, e la vera carbonara non si fa così. 

E voi conoscete la ricetta della carbonara?

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”

“…la vera carbonara non si fa così”
(…the real carbonara is not made like that)

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 “the real carbonara is not made like that.”
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 did not please many Italians. In the comments, in fact, many Italians wrote that Ramsay’s recipe is wrong, and the real carbonara is not made like that.

And do you know the recipe for carbonara?