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Mama Mia! Italians consider smothering pasta in ketchup the worst culinary horror, closely followed by pineapple on pizza.

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By a Daily Mail reporter

02:10 June 30, 2024, updated 02:10 June 30, 2024


  • Cream in carbonara sauce and throwing pasta against a wall were also on the list.



Mamma mia! Italians are known for getting irritable when the British tweak their classic dishes – and covering your pasta in ketchup is top of the list of things not to do.

According to a poll, 78 percent of Italians called it the worst culinary horror, followed by pineapple on pizza (67 percent).

The survey found there were huge differences in how each country cooked and ate pasta, pizza and other staples, with Italians calling our efforts an “abomination”.

Italians consider mixing pasta with ketchup their worst culinary horror, with 78% citing it as their biggest no-no.
Pineapple on pizza came in second on the list, while serving the dish with garlic bread also annoyed 18% of respondents.

Throwing pasta against the wall to see if it sticks and is cooked (53 percent) and putting cream in a carbonara sauce (49 percent) also make the top ten.

Serving garlic bread with pizza caused the least offense, but still annoyed 18 percent of Italians.

The study was carried out by the Italian food company Napolina.