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    2 months ago

    Absolutely not. Granted, my country is right next to Italy, but I’ve only ever heard about spaghetti with ketchup on the internet, from people from other countries.

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      2 months ago

      Interesting…it is extremely normal in all the Scandinavian countries, and I’ve encountered it a lot in Germany and Netherlands as well. I never thought it was considered strange. I ate it a lot as a kid 30 years ago.

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        2 months ago

        Funnily I also haven’t heard much good about Scandinavian cuisine

        Would’ve expected more from Germany though. On the other hand, they do eat Schnitzel mit Tunke…

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          2 months ago

          Schnitzel is a Swiss thing that the Germans adopted (and did not improve).

          Funnily I also haven’t heard much good about Scandinavian cuisine

          Some very famous Michelin restaurants in Europe are based on Scandinavian cuisine…Noma and The alchemist come to mind

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      2 months ago

      I grew up with a lot of Italian cooking and when I first went to Japan I saw a small pile of spaghetti in one of the bento lunch boxes covered with what I thought was marinara sauce. When I ate it and it turned out to be ketchup I almost spit it on the floor in shock.