Top chef reveals you should NEVER serve meatballs with spaghetti if you want to..

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Musakhan isnt just Levantine, it's probably the only dish popular outside Palestine that is totally Palestinian in origin.

Also, American Pizza is so much better than that Italian junk.

Most popular Palestinian dish is Kunnafa.

[Sekarotuinen]

Most popular Palestinian dish is Kunnafa.

That's just general Levantine, not specifically Palestinian.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

That's just general Levantine, not specifically Palestinian.

It originated from Nablus in Palestine.

[Journeyman26]

There are no Italians here in NZ or at least so few, that I'll never meet one. Sadly, everything listed in MM's post has been portrayed as Italian cuisine and still is today.

agreed.. I mean mac and cheese i can see.. but I am pretty sure both Alfredo and bolognese sauce originated in Italy. Maybe served a little different in the US, but still. Though alfredo is pretty much just fettuccine al burro.

[Óttar]

POLPETTE

Bet no Yank can actually pronounce that word

Nonsense. Latinate pronunciation is not hard for anyone who has studied a Romance language.

[Sekarotuinen]

It originated from Nablus in Palestine.

I have not heard of that before, but that's cool if it's true.

[Longbowman]

Synchs up with my experiences. My roommates in Italy used to make lots of polpetties and I would make a big batch of spaghetties al morbido to be helpful and try to pour it on top of the polpetteroes but they would try to stop me and push me away. Now I see where I was going wrong.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

agreed.. I mean mac and cheese i can see.. but I am pretty sure both Alfredo and bolognese sauce originated in Italy. Maybe served a little different in the US, but still. Though alfredo is pretty much just fettuccine al burro.

Ragù bolognese is very Italian but most regions have a typical ragu. "Alfredo sauce" is just based on pasta in bianco, which is like putting butter on toast something nobody goes crazy about but when some Americans tried it they went nuts over it and called it Alfredo then later added creme to it and the rest is history.

[SardiniaAtlantis]

Synchs up with my experiences. My roommates in Italy used to make lots of polpetties and I would make a big batch of spaghetties al morbido to be helpful and try to pour it on top of the polpetteroes but they would try to stop me and push me away. Now I see where I was going wrong.

Polpetties? Spaghetties? Ma dai tu parli l'italiano molto meglio di così.

[Longbowman]

Polpetties? Ma dai tu parli l'italiano molto meglio di così.