BOLOGNA – A blasphemy culinary: the sacred tortellini with stuffing of chicken instead of pork. A bit like season it with the sauce, pairing, considered under the two towers equally blasphemous by the orthodox of the traditional cuisine.
In this case, to “offend” the God of the stove seemed to have been the archbishop of the roman Bologna Matteo Maria Zuppi , which will be created a cardinal on Saturday 5th at St. Peter’s by Pope Francis: it’s called “tortellino of reception” because, in this variant the can enjoy, even those who, for religious reasons, does not eat pork. But the idea – which has sparked a carnival policy with the reaction of the indignant of the centre-right in defence of the homeland the menu – it was not Soaked, as you arrived to clarify a statement from the Diocese in the afternoon, when all cartridges of the controversy had been fired: “The Archdiocese of Bologna, informs that the Archbishop Matteo Zuppi learned of the tortellini with chicken meat only this morning, and by the media. Was unaware of the initiative announced yesterday in the press conference by the city Committee for the events petroniane. The Committee has envisaged that, besides the tons of tortellini conform to the recipe deposited, are also prepared a few pounds without pork for those who cannot eat for various reasons”.
This does not mean that the reactions of paradoxical to have amused but also annoyed, somewhat, the Archbishop, although accustomed to the bickering in the media: “it is surprising that a fake news is being used to confuse the bolognese and Italian and so much more that a normal rule of hospitality and respect toward guests is interpreted as an offence against the tradition. Some controversy and exploitation are not acceptable, not even in the election campaign”.
Shortly after the real culprit raised his hand to take responsibility for wrongdoing: “The idea of tortellini is started from the Regional Forum of the Families of the Emilia-Romagna region, for finalizzarla to the theme of the party: “the Family is Welcome,” reads the note of president Alfonso michael jeffrey shapiro -. As in all families, when there is a celebration, it attempts to take account of the particular needs of people invited: there is someone who is a coeliac, who is vegan, who has to be lightweight, who has food allergies. We considered to offer an alternative to those who, for various reasons, tortellini, traditional may eat them. We hope, therefore, that the “tortellini “of the hospitality” are the tool to move from a focus on the true goal of the festival: to promote the role of the fundamental and irreplaceable role of the Family”.
Against the variant to the chicken, you were immediately thrown to the two candidates of the League and Brothers of Italy in the upcoming regional elections in Emilia-Romagna, to the end of January. “Destroy the tortellini, while the wink to Islam, what a shame”, attacks Lucia Borgonzoni , the faithful of Matteo Salvini: “This for sure is the integration, for me, is an insult to our traditions that has nothing to do with the integration”.
Borgonzoni notes the dose: “it was Enough to make the ravioli if they wanted to be more Islam-friendly, but then they would not have had a bit of controversy from the show, and would not have offended the culture of an entire city”. On the same line as Galeazzo Bignami , a deputy candidate from Fdi. “The respect passes from the acceptance of even small local traditions, not of their waiver on the part of the community that welcomes,” he stresses. “Who sells today on the small identity, the more it will sell tomorrow on the great identity”.
“out of respect For the bishop of Bologna has launched the tortellini without pork. And’ how to say red wine in umbria without grapes”. So the leader of the league, Matteo Salvini : “do You realize?”, he says during a rally to Attigliano, in the Ternese. “They’re trying to erase our history, our culture”.
“our traditions of freedom, if Salvini says that with the freedom you offend the traditions,” answers Romano Prodi . The important thing, he adds, is that the tortellini chicken “is not required”.
“Every time I tell Heavy to leave me something as a lay person, why run the risk of excommunication from what he thinks to be the true christian, what with the rosary wants to do is to drown people in the sea. The tradition of Bologna is to innovate and to accept, not one that wants to advertise Salvini or even worse, Borgonzoni, that maybe now begins to read the books,” says the mayor, Virginio Merola . The tortellini adds, “they remain with the recipe filed”.
After Salvini “tour to New York where they make them to the chicken and served with peas: o tells Trump to close those restaurants, as they are allies. Or you’re willing to live with the fact that in life, things change and traditions are also in compliance with changing something”.
“Even if you are a fan of bishop Zuppi, this time they are not at all agree with him: the filling of the tortellino must be strictly pork and you can not abolish the pork for a religious matter, it seems to me a betrayal of the peculiarities of our cuisine and of our tastes,” says director Pupi Avati.
But, as often happens, he spoke of nothing, as it has finally, clarified the bishop, who certainly has never evaded the controversy for his positions in real often politically unpalatable to conservatives (politics and religion, not food).
