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Pastasciutta antifascista

Friday, 25 July 2025 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union
Category/Kategorie: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  2 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Pasta asciutta or pastasciutta (Italian for “dry pasta”) is a type of pasta preparation in Italian cuisine in which the pasta is drained after cooking and then processed, in contrast to pasta in brodo, where the pasta is cooked in broth and eaten as a soup. The term is used regardless of the type of pasta used and, in Italian menus, distinguishes pasta dishes from soups (Italian for minestre) in the primi piatti. The term minestra asciutta (Italian for “dry soup”) is therefore sometimes used as a synonym. The term pasta asciutta emerged at the beginning of the 20th century. Until then, the word maccheroni was used as a generic term for “dry pasta.”

In Italy, there are annual public dinners under the motto “Pastasciutta antifascista” to commemorate the collapse of fascism in Italy on 25 July 1943. In addition, Italian fascists considered pasta un-Italian and therefore despised it. Rice was preferred instead. Eating a portion of pasta was therefore considered an act of resistance.

Especially in the 1970s, spaghetti with a special tomato and meat sauce (similar to Ragù alla bolognese) was known in Germany under the name Pasta asciutta (sometimes also corrupted Pastaschutta or Pasta Schutta).

Read more on El Pais, 24 July 2025: Macaroni against fascism: Why pasta is a symbol of resistance in Italy and lacucinaitaliana.com – Pastasciutta (Smart Traveler App by U.S. Department of State - Weather report by weather.com - Global Passport Power Rank - Travel Risk Map - Democracy Index - GDP according to IMF, UN, and World Bank - Global Competitiveness Report - Corruption Perceptions Index - Press Freedom Index - World Justice Project - Rule of Law Index - UN Human Development Index - Global Peace Index - Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index). Photos by Wikimedia Commons. If you have a suggestion, critique, review or comment to this blog entry, we are looking forward to receive your e-mail at comment@wingsch.net. Please name the headline of the blog post to which your e-mail refers to in the subject line.

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