Made Carbonara Today

@Mike197602 Correct Chef! It's a bit dry also for the classic Italian recipe, we do not add cream, but the mix eggs-cheese makes it more creamy than this in the photo.

@Mike197602 I would also eat this dish of pasta, I really like Carbonara. Most of the time "Italian" restaurants abroad are not Italian at all, but if the food is good, we can at least be happy. I ordered a Carbonara in the United States years ago... I know I got the punishment I deserved not to eat local food.

@LadyDuck I agree, possibly a little bit dry for my taste but I'd still eat it Just last week my family met up at an "Italian" place for my dad's 80th birthday dinner. It was a chain place and my sis picked it because of their gluten free options...my dad's wife is gluten free due to a serious condition so not just a fad!!! It was ok, staff were good and the service was fast (table of 12) but it wasn't Italian. There is a very good Italian place here which is owned and run by Italians but it hasn't the range of gluten free stuff...and it is waaaaay more expensive

I hope so too as eating is the love of my life

@DaddyEvil Hmmm that sounds tasty. Yummy!

@flapiz Me, too! I'm eating baked chicken and mashed potatoes right now.

Oh dear I hope I will not be like him as food is the love of my life

@flapiz No, that is rare, and his case was really bad. I’d bet on you being okay.

@AmbiePam I can taste a hint of things so hoping I would regain them and praying it be soon. Consuming strepsils to help with the sore throat does not help my tastebuds either.

I still have some ingredients left maybe by the weekend I will get my taste back.

@porwest Ahahaha I do share the same sentiments. Too little time

@flapiz Fingers crossed. So much good food to eat. So little time.

I still enjoyed it as it is something made by my hands. I just tried to imagine how it would taste like with better taste buds.

@flapiz I'm glad you enjoyed your carbonara. You feel.a sense of satisfaction when you do something yourself, don't you? Wether that's cooking or painting or something else. I hope your imagination conjured up a nice taste.

@sharonelton It is empowering to enjoy the fruit of my labour. It gives me a sense of pride and purpose.

Microwave food is not the healthiest. But a busy lifestyle pushes me to veer towards it. Do you cook carbonara from time to time?

@Beestring So lots of noodles and dimsum then.

@flapiz I mainly cook Chinese dishes. Just cook carbonara occasionally or have it at a restaurant.

I think I will be doing this more once I moved in to my new home. At the moment I am sharing my kitchen so I mostly resort to ready meals to save time and aboid kitchen traffic.

This is also one of the reasons why this is dry as Guanciale is hard to find here although the shop Waitrose has it from time to time. I am using pancetta for the lack there of. But I did find my pecorino I find Gunaciale is more juicier than pancetta.

@LadyDuck Ahaha it is a good addition I do love the guanciale. Filipino carbonara usually just uses bacon which is nowhere as delicious.

@flapiz Guanciale is less dry, but hard to find outside Italy, while I can easily find Pecorino Romano. The original recipe had NO guanciale at all, it was called "cacio e ovo", the guanciale was added to please the American soldiers when they came to Italy at the end of WWII.

Yeah I still feel happy eating it as it is work of my hands and makes me functional and productive despite being sick.

Thanks Judy. I am feeling a bit better today. Will check the test later to see if it has left me.

Ahaha thank you. I am on a sick leave hence I am back on here. How are you?

@flapiz im good:.

I had the covid but I am back to normal now

Truly. My weight gain is a testament of how bad microwave food is.

Awww thank you. My taste sensation is back so I might try and remake it again.