The base of present age Italian cuisine is very old, and goes back to the Roman Empire empire.The Roman of those days very valued time to apply to a meal.There was a custom which has a meal by making 1 meal a course dish and applying for 3 hours.

sightseeingIt is decorated in the back of the outer wall Santa Maria in Cosmedin Church of Rome, the front portico of the church.

If you put your hand to mouth, the person that has a heart of falsehood, there is a legend that cut off the wrist when you pull out the hand, the hand bitten off, or it will not fall out hand.

…ITALIAN FOOD…

There are many famous foods in Italy. Pasta, Gerard, Pizza, gnocchi, chocolate and so on.

The way of eating with which sound, such as sniffling a pasta and soup, is raised has a very bad impression.When it is hot and you cannot eat cooking, it extends thinly to a plate, cools to it, and eats to it, or after blowing and cooling on a breath, it eats.

Meal Manners

Turn of a course dish

1. AperitivoAlcohol containing a medicinal herb drunk to time before a meal.It drinks in order to promote appetite.

2. AntipastoAppetizer.There are many dishes which make and place a ham, cheese, smoked fish, carpaccio, etc.Time earnings until primo piatto is made

3. primo piattoMain dish.A salad, a pasta, risotto, polenta, soup, etc. are classified.

4. secondo piattoThe second dish of main dish.It is classified into two kinds, fish dishes and a meat dish.When both fish dishes and a meat dish are contained in a course, it is first served with a fish.

5. ContornoSide dish.A mini salad and vegetables.

6. DolceDessert.Fruit and cheese are offered.

7. CaffèCoffee.It is espresso coffee fundamentally.As for the thing containing milk, such as cappuccino, avoiding, since it means not being full is safe.Cappuccino is unpleasant to after a meal, and Italians do not drink it to it.

8. DigestiveAlcohol drunk after a meal.Liqueur is offered with a small glass.

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Italy is very strong in soccer. 17 times participated in the World Cup, and four times of those won the championship. It has the tactics of guarding it called Catenation as a tradition and produces many excellent defenses', a goal keeper for a long time. It still protect the goal of the own country in the meeting that the phone varies for 17 years to still act as a GK regularly.

The Italian soccer league is called Serie A.It is registered 20 teams now

SERIE A

Logo of current 20 leagues

Excellent goal keeper Buffon Stadium Japanese player Nagatomo

Italian player