Oh dear, oh dear - the honour of Sicily has been besmirched and this time it is very serious as it involves food: it is all about a 30-second television advert for a certain brand of stock cube. In the advert, Tiziana Stefanelli, the winner of MasterChef Italia two years ago, is being shown how to make caponata by a Sicilian woman. But when the Sicilian lady committed the cardinal sin of adding a stock cube, twitter and social networks exploded.
Tiziana Stefanelli has said she is sorry about the strong feelings that have been provoked by the advert but that she thinks Sicilians have other things to worry about. She also said that she is glad that some women have time to make their own stock as she herself often does not.
Had this happened in a neighbouring country, I would have said, "Aux armes, citoyens" but the best I can suggest is that all good Sicilians take up their ladles. Ai mestoli, cittadini!
My [stockcubeless] recipe for caponata is here.
3 comments:
My God! What IS the world coming to? :)
I always feel superior because I use Knorr stock cubes not oxo!
I was wondering that myself, Lee. Very superior, Liz!
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