What are some wierd and wonderful facts about Italian food and the way Italians eat?
Italians like their food freshly made from scratch. Pre-cooked and microwaveable meals are almost unknown here. For this reason Italians go shopping for groceries almost every day, and refrigerators in Italian homes are of much smaller size compared to American ones. In Italy many kinds of foods (such as bread, fresh cheese and some varieties of fruits) are supposed to be eaten within days or even hours after they’re either made or harvested, otherwise they’ll become inedible pretty soon. b) Italians like to enjoy full-course meals at lunch and dinner, and take their time to eat it slowly in order to appreciate it better. Not many people in Italy eat a sandwich for lunch or bring a luch box along. In many Italian cities shops and offices still close between 1pm and 3pm to allow their owners and employees to go home, have lunch and get back to work. In Italy companies with a workforce above a certain size are required by law to provide employees with a cafeteria that serves them warm lu
