Food Thread - Those that eat

[ShadySands]

On 3/30/2025 at 3:51 PM, PK htiw klaw eriF said:

I made Carbonara with pancetta. Internet Italians may try to blow up my house, but it tasted very good.

I pretty much always have guanciale on hand these days but sometimes I prefer pancetta to mix it up. I don't care about authenticity for anything anymore, just taste.

[ShadySands]

I also made salmon that I soaked in sake and miso for a couple of days.

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

2 hours ago, ShadySands said:

I pretty much always have guanciale on hand these days but sometimes I prefer pancetta to mix it up. I don't care about authenticity for anything anymore, just taste.

Where do you get it? Ordering is my only option and it seems to be too expensive for my budget.

And while I don't care about authenticity either, it is funny to me that the first written recipe for carbonara is from Chicago and uses pancetta and parm. The current iteration seems to be maybe a decade old and you had Italian chefs using cream in the dish during the 80s.

[ShadySands]

32 minutes ago, PK htiw klaw eriF said:

Where do you get it? Ordering is my only option and it seems to be too expensive for my budget.

And while I don't care about authenticity either, it is funny to me that the first written recipe for carbonara is from Chicago and uses pancetta and parm. The current iteration seems to be maybe a decade old and you had Italian chefs using cream in the dish during the 80s.

I'm lucky that I have a few local spots that stock it, a Polish grocery store/butcher shop and a little Italian shop down the road always have it. My local Sprouts sometimes has it too.

Before that I would order it for special occasions but I'd recommend trying local meat spots first.

E: I put a random Houston address into Instacart and searched for it and Central Market has it listed but out of stock

Edited Tuesday at 06:17 PM by ShadySands

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My mom always made carbonara with pancetta for my birthdays, so that is my favorite way to do it. I love it, but I can also feel my arteries clogging when I eat it at this stage in my life. It's a pretty rich dish.