The great spag bol debate

[Hoppkins]

Habenero sauce for spag bol all the way or Tabasco

[DRB]

mmmm Dolmio .

[ColinKeb]

bolognese must have milk in it

[charlie]

bolognese must have milk in it

Disagree

[Reg]

Milk is for pussies

[bitter_dave]

Milk in bolognese is CRAZY talk

[tubby_shaw]

Never heard of putting milk in spag bol
Although I do put plain chocolate in my Chilli

[oblivious]

Although I do put plain chocolate in my Chilli

Something like a Mole sauce

[tubby_shaw]

Although I do put plain chocolate in my Chilli

Something like a Mole sauce

Not that posh
I just grate about 4 squares of plain chocolate into the chilli just before serving
I find that it makes even the most fiery chilli smoother

[Immy's Dad]

Although I do put plain chocolate in my Chilli

Something like a Mole sauce

What a good idea to use moles in a sauce! Guess they don't have a lot of meat on them.

[ColinKeb]

bolognese must have milk in it

Disagree

so does my wife2b although when i made it with she was pleasantly suprised , she still wont let me do it again tho . the italian recipe has milk in but its not actually an italian dish really, its as english as chicken tikka so what do they know

[prodigal2]

What I've noticed in the UK is alot of different recipies get bunched together as one type of food.
what Colin is describing is a type of ragu from Northern Italy where milk being added is the norm.
In the UK as a rule spag bol means any tomato based meat sauce over the spag.

As people have traveled more or taken intrest in Italian food the twisting of Italian dishes to suit the spag bol, though in truth they are all different types of ragu's(and I don't mean the bottled stuff)

If you want to find out more go to the sauce:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silver-Spoon-Va ... F8&s=books

Its always worth to note the regionality in european cuisine 30km can make a huge difference in how a dish is produced.

[mysterio]

Delia does a good one, though not quite 'authentic':

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/an-a ... 78,RC.html

I do a variation on it with carrots, celery and milk. I used to work in an Italian resteurant and the stuff I make can never come close to they spag bol they did there.

[oblivious]

I think people for just how long it can take to make, some of the traditional one's can take up to five hours to cook, this is not including prep time

[ColinKeb]

ive been around various parts of italy and as prodigal2 says the food changes completely from area to area even town to town sometimes. i will say tho that if youve never been to italy then go, it will amaze you ! i could happily live if the rest of my tribe would come. the food is orgasmic !