A few days ago I decided that it was time to make the good old standard spaghetti bolognaise for dinner, so I ventured out to the meat market to buy mince. I knew that Italians don't have the same name for what we call bolognaise, and that the dish is known as "ragu", so I approached my chosen stall and pointed in the direction of the mince and asked in my limited Italian, "
Questo per ragu?" meaning "Is this for (making)
ragu?" to which the response was, "
Si, signora."
My concern then was that perhaps it was minced pork rather than minced beef, but I couldn't recall the Italian word for beef, so I knew I would have to improvise.
"Moo?" I asked, timidly. The woman put her head to the side, raised an eyebrow and looked at me, quizzically. I realised that further explanation was necessary.
"No oink oink?" I said.
She laughed. "No, signora. Moo, moo!"
(The spag bol was delish, just btw).
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