The Olive Garden doesn’t salt their pasta water. This is to reduce corrosion of the cheap pots. But salt is important. It obviously makes the pasta taste salty, but also it keeps starches from dissolving into the water so quickly. Without it, your pasta will be mushy and not al dente.
People on the internet all seem to have the most refined and bougie pallet. I’m not going to shout from the rooftops that Olive Garden is amazing or anything. But it’s not terrible food in my experience. And I’ve eaten plenty of authentic Italian. Olive Garden is Nickelback for pasta restaurants. Perfectly serviceable, but the Internet seems to be convinced you will die if you consume it.
Olive Garden is Nickelback for pasta restaurants.
Never Again
This must be a north eastern joke I’m too southern to understand 😅 I know Olive Garden isn’t real Italian but it’s not bad food by any means. It’s just over priced.
You tellin’ me they don’t eat pasta and meat sauce in Italia?
Don’t let none of these chuckleheads tell you the OG isn’t Italian. It’s as Italian as apple pie.
Next they’ll say Fazolis isn’t even a real word, and you shouldn’t cook pasta like french fries.
cook pasta like french fries
I’m sorry, what now?
Imagine a fry basket full of pasta, and instead of oil it’s hot water.
I thought that’s genuinely how they did it at high end restaurants to make sure you have a perfectly portioned bit of pasta cooked to the right doneness. I swear I’ve seen this method on Hell’s Kitchen.
Granted, I may be thinking about something else vs what you’re talking about but still.
Just like my Nonna used to make it.
That’s exactly how restaurants do it. I don’t know what that person is on about.
“italian restaurant”
“Italian Inspired Food”
Wait, it’s all Olive Garden?
Always has been.
Calling Olive Garden Italian food is like calling Taco Bell Mexican cuisine
Hey now dont insult Taco Bell they are entirely doing their own thing and gave up on pretending to be Mexican food awhile back. Also Baja Blast and Nacho fries slap.
Great now I can hear Company Man talking about the decline of Olive Garden and casual dining as a whole.
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