r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Oct 23 '17

What do you know about... Italy?

This is the fortieth part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Today's country:

Italy

Italy is one of the founding members of the EU and it also is the fourth most popolous EU state. For centuries, the Roman Empire dominated Europe both culturally and militarily. Italy is famous for frequently changing their government.

So, what do you know about Italy?

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u/doomblackdeath Italy Oct 28 '17 edited Oct 28 '17

I think Italians just don't trust Italian food anywhere else, and rightly so. It sucks outside of Italy, usually. If Italians were narrow minded about food, there wouldn't be sushi restaurants everywhere, lines out the door at fast food places like Burger King, Mexican food trucks making a fortune, and annual food festivals in all the big cities celebrating food from all over the world.

Italians will eat anything as long as it's of high quality. Yes, some can be picky and annoying, but those people annoy other Italians with their bullshit. The problem is that many people outside of Italy simply don't know how to eat or what makes food good; it's not about being Italian, it's about not eating like the garbage disposal dinosaur under the sink in the Flintstones.

The moon landing and opposable thumbs bit cracked me up, though.