kolling@jumbo.DEC.COM (Karen Kolling) (10/28/86)
> My wife Celia and I are planning a trip > to Italy next May, and we've heard it's pretty tough for those > who don't eat meat fish and meat to make it there. Can this be? Fettucini Alfredo? Fettucini al Pesto? Pasta Primavera? I'm gaining a million pounds just thinking of all the Italian veggie food that exists. Or are these Italian-found-only-in-America foods?
jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jolly C. Pancakes) (10/29/86)
In article <409@jumbo.DEC.COM>, kolling@jumbo.DEC.COM (Karen Kolling) writes: > > > My wife Celia and I are planning a trip > > to Italy next May, and we've heard it's pretty tough for those > > who don't eat meat fish and meat to make it there. > > Can this be? Fettucini Alfredo? Fettucini al Pesto? Pasta > Primavera? I'm gaining a million pounds just thinking of all the > Italian veggie food that exists. Or are these > Italian-found-only-in-America foods? You are forgetting that of the three you have mentioned at least two are going to contain dairy products (cream and parmesan) so that if you are not a lacto-ovo vegetarian (or if, like me, you can't have milk products) you are outta luck. -- jcpatilla ..{seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!aplcen!osiris!jcp Otters have more fun.
guy@slu70.UUCP (Guy M. Smith) (11/03/86)
In article <912@osiris.UUCP>, jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jolly C. Pancakes) writes: > In article <409@jumbo.DEC.COM>, kolling@jumbo.DEC.COM (Karen Kolling) writes: > > > > > My wife Celia and I are planning a trip > > > to Italy next May, and we've heard it's pretty tough for those > > > who don't eat meat fish and meat to make it there. > > > > Can this be? Fettucini Alfredo? Fettucini al Pesto? Pasta > > Primavera? I'm gaining a million pounds just thinking of all the > > Italian veggie food that exists. Or are these > > Italian-found-only-in-America foods? > > You are forgetting that of the three you have mentioned at least > two are going to contain dairy products (cream and parmesan) so that if > you are not a lacto-ovo vegetarian (or if, like me, you can't have milk > products) you are outta luck. Also note that pasta in Northern Italy often (maybe always) contains egg.