OK, fuckers, this recipe will get you laid

[Triple Zero]

That sounds/looks great ECH, I'll ahve to try it when I get a chance. However, is prosciutto an acceptable substitute for pancetta? Because my fridge is much more likely to contain prosciutto

Actually, fuck you. Go get some fucking pancetta. Or go to McDonalds if you can't be arsed to do this right.

Also, "prosciutto" is just the Italian word for "ham". In English it usually refers to dry-cured ham. Pancetta is dry-cured in a particular way with spices or something.

In other similar news, "barista" is simply the Italian word for "bartender", not "professional coffee artiste" or whatever.

[East Coast Hustle]

Pancetta is basically bacon that comes from the belly of the pig and is rolled up pinwheel-style.

[LMNO]

But it's cured, not smoked, right?


Oh, hell.  Back after a google.


[Edit]Ok. Usually, bacon is smoked, and pancetta is not.  Usually.[/Edit]

[Whatever]

I would have sex for a plate of this!!!



No clue where I might find decent tomatos this time of year, but by god I'm on a search for them.

[Suu]

...I'm still seeing tomatoes in the grocery store.

Sure they probably were grown in Mexico and are covered in pesticides...but they look alright.

[East Coast Hustle]

those will work, but really this dish demands an heirloom variety that actually, y'know, tastes like tomato.

The tomatoes you buy in the supermarket might as well be reddish cardboard mush. Hell, you can buy canned San Marzano tomatoes that are MUCH better than the fresh crappy ones in the supermarket.

[Whatever]

...I'm still seeing tomatoes in the grocery store.

Sure they probably were grown in Mexico and are covered in pesticides...but they look alright.

I bought some that looked beautiful this past weekend at the grocery store.  They were mealy and just ewww with no real taste to them at all.  The farmer's market will have greenhouse produce in a week or two!!  Once that happens I'll be back in business.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I wonder if Whole Foods has pancetta? It's near my house. I know I can get it down on Miss but I don't like to go there.

The one on Division does (as does any other Whole Foods I've been in) so I would assume that the one near you has it as well. They usually even have the real stuff, not that pre-diced crap that comes in a plastic package.

Sweet. Maybe I'll make this on Sunday.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Do not be a fucking ass polyp and try to use half & half or soymilk or some shit. Are you trying to be healthy or are you trying to make food that will get your penis touched by strangers?

I would totally touch your penis in pleasurable ways for some of this. I will have to see if the girlfriend can make this. Although . . . the red pepper flakes are a no-go. I can't eat anything that spicy. Neither can the boyfriend, I believe. But . . . I know where to get the pancetta! I sell it daily at Job #2.*

_{* This is my reason for not giving up and going to McDonald's. McDonald's is horrible. I'd rather eat Elmer's Glue.}

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

Publix sells pancetta, if you have those.
Small farmers markets have the best tomatoes. They all look like they were grown in someone's yard.
Why are those noodles pissing me off??
Every time I look at em... I get mad. What the hell?
They're cooked to what looks like a perfect al dente.
Is it the box thing that gets me? Am I stuck up? Oh god.... am I "one of those"?
Otherwise that shit looks damn tasty.

[East Coast Hustle]

well obviously if you have the means and inclination to use fresh pasta you should do so.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I can't stop being amused by your noodle rage.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

I can't stop this noodle rage!!
Why the hell?

Jesus. I don't understand how a Floridian backwoods broke ass half redneck swamp dweller can get so mad at boxed noodles.

I seriously wanna scrape the fine meal off the top of them and punch them into a fine paste.
LOL a fine pasta. Pasta paste.
Fucking GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWW!!!

[Nast]

I can't stop this noodle rage!!
Why the hell?

Jesus. I don't understand how a Floridian backwoods broke ass half redneck swamp dweller can get so mad at boxed noodles.

I seriously wanna scrape the fine meal off the top of them and punch them into a fine paste.
LOL a fine pasta. Pasta paste.
Fucking GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWW!!!

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

It's a skin condition