I am Italian and, living in Scandinavia, apart from being mostly disgusted by the other chocolate spreads, I am always very surprised to see the office managers, offering breakfasts on select days, defaulting to a teaspoon in the Nutella jar.

I grew up with a taboo for that and the only way I would ever have Nutella is by scraping some with a knife-side and spreading it thinly on a slice of bread.

It's funny to see people do such things and then coming with the question: "you Italians have pasta, pizza and Nutella and you still manage to be so thin. How?!"

Check your portions.

[–] impedans@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

Yeah as a Norwegian I've always been a bit weirded out when thinking about chocolate spread for more than two seconds. Tbf, I feel like you're making it out to be more normal than it is (but idk how it is in Sweden or Denmark). Among adults I very very rarely see chocolate spread on bread. Among children however... Not great for their nutrition. I think most parents think "better they eat something than nothing" but I'd argue maybe that's not always the case.

On another note: holy crap the regional chocolate spread (nugatti) is like 10 times better than nutella. Nutella households are weird.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I'm pretty sure a little sugar is better than starving to death.

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

To be fair I definitely think Nutella used to have better ratios because it used to taste better.

I make my own now with far more hazelnuts

[–] bartvbl@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Never considered that possibility. Do you have a recipe? Would love to try.

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I can't remember which one I used last but if you look up a "healthy" one it'll usually give you a better ratio of nuts to sugar. There are tons of recipes out there for homemade Nutella, so it's kind of a process of trial and error to play with the ratios to find what you like best

I find the homemade stuff tastes way better since it's more like hazelnut butter with chocolate

[–] bartvbl@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Big agree on Nugatti. It's so much better. I feel similarly about kvikk lunsj over kitkat.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I think most parents think “better they eat something than nothing” but I’d argue maybe that’s not always the case.

yeah, it's more a "we finally got them to eat something. calories are calories dammit" on our end.

[–] mudstickmcgee@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sjokade gjeng reis dere

[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Fuck no. That shit is vile

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

A jar of this would last years in my house as a kid.