Cooking good italian food is easy!
ITALY
AFRICA
RUSSIA
ASIA
EUROPE
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Italy
● Population: 60.5 millions
● Capital: Rome (2.8 millions)
● Area: 301,338 km2
● Slightly larger than Arizona
● 4/5 is mountainous or hilly
● more earthquakes than any other
european country!
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Italy:
Super quick history
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Prehistory
● Someone was here 1.5 million years ago
Ötzi - 5300 years old guy
12000 years old drawings
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Roman Empire (100 BC - 400 AD) - ⅔ of USA size
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Roman Empire (100 BC - 400 AD)
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Middle Ages
1500
1000
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1861: kingdom of Italy
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1922-1943: National Fascist Party
censored
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1946-now: Republic
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BOnus: Vatican City
● Population: ~1000
● Independent from 1929
● 0.44 km2 (smallest of the world)
● can lock its own gates at night
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BOnus: San marino
● Since 301 AD
● Population: 33k
● Oldest republic of the world!
● 61 square kilometers
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Languages
● Italian
● Also some french, german
● ~34 living spoken languages
● Lots of dialects
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Languages: you may need subtitles
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Good things in Italy: history
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Good things in Italy: history
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Good things in Italy: coasts
● 7458 km of coasts
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Good things in Italy: Mountains
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Monte bianco - 4808 m
Cervino - 4478 m
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Good things in Italy: Mountains
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Good things in Italy: volcanoes!
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Good things in Italy: food!
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(some) italian food is easy!
1. Quality ingredients
2. Basic cooking skills
3. Profit!
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italian food is easy!
Spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino (~ 20 min.)
1. Water
2. Pasta
3. Garlic
4. Good olive oil
5. Red pepper
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Making good italian food is easy!
Carbonara (~25 min.)
1. Water
2. Pasta
3. Eggs
4. Bacon
5. Pecorino/parmesan cheese
6. Pepper
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italian food is easy!
Scaloppine al limone (~20 min.)
1. Slices of veal
2. Butter
3. Lemon juice
4. Flour
5. Pepper
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italian food is easy!
Tiramisù (~40 min., no cooking!)
1. Cookies
2. Coffee
3. Mascarpone cheese
4. Eggs
5. Sugar
6. Cocoa powder