I've had several old Italian ladies give me cooking lessons. It was amusing seeing the split. I'd say 50% were like the comic, it's tradition, gotta do exactly as done. The other 50% went with it's food, as long as it's nourishing and brings people together you're doing it right, do it how you want.
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The funny thing, most of those recipes were only solidified in the 1950s.
There was a sequel to this comic, iirc about putting ketchup in pizza
WHAT?!
I'm probably a worse "traitor" in that I'm of Italian descent and yet I'm really not a fan of pasta lol
I'll eat it if it's the only thing being served, but I had soooooooooo much as a kid, since we were poor, that I'm kinda over pasta.