White Clam Sauce and Linguini

sirena

New member
I agree about the green peppers. I don't like them in anything. Too strong a flavor IMHO. I also always use lemon juice in almost all seafood dishes I make and never Parmesan. I heard once that the Italians laugh at anyone who adds cheese to seafood dishes. Any Italians out there to confirm or deny this???
 

Renfro Jones

New member
You are correct! Pretty good spelling and typing skills for a five year old hey!
To be serious though Renfro knows me from another forum, i just wanted to see if he could pick me from the above photo as he has seen it before.

Now it's time to get some drink in my guts.:alc:

AH, Nova, welcome aboard, ( no pun intended) or is this Moyboy..... Either way, a lot of cookin on this site.
 

Renfro Jones

New member
I agree about the green peppers. I don't like them in anything. Too strong a flavor IMHO. I also always use lemon juice in almost all seafood dishes I make and never Parmesan. I heard once that the Italians laugh at anyone who adds cheese to seafood dishes. Any Italians out there to confirm or deny this???

As long as you used the cheese moderately, I'm swedish, this is really the only italian seafood dish I eat. Have you ever had Clams Casino, another fav of mine (made correctly) Bacon , cheese and garlic baked on a clam.
 

buckytom

Grill Master
from what i've learned from italians and italian americans, it's a fallacy that cheese should never be added to a fish dish. just not usually.

it all depends on the dish, as with any good cuisine. for the most part, subtly flavored fish would be overcome by the stronger, salty cheese flavors, so it's a no-no. italian food is all about a few, perfect ingredients in harmony. but there are stronger fishes and those with appropriate sauces that are good with cheese, as they can handle it.

this myth has been repeated so many times that even most italians believe it and automatically refuse cheese in public, but will whisper that they often add cheese at home.

think of it as automatically adding a load of salt to a dish before tasting it. if you add cheese to something in public, you're suggesting that the fish is not fresh or tasty in some way, and needs to be masked.

but really, it's all about the food, and the eating experience. so if it tastes good to you, grate away.
 

Lefty

Yank
I agree about the green peppers. I don't like them in anything. Too strong a flavor IMHO. I also always use lemon juice in almost all seafood dishes I make and never Parmesan. I heard once that the Italians laugh at anyone who adds cheese to seafood dishes. Any Italians out there to confirm or deny this???
Welcome to NCT. Enjoy the site.
 
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