Do Italians really eat pasta every day?

The answer is yes. They do. Of course busy schedules and younger generations open up the doors for other alternatives. Fact is, that Italians can be very picky and traditional about their food habits. For most Italians pasta is still a mandatory meal that can be neither replaced nor skipped for no reason.

I have been asked this question with misbelief. I assume it’s because people think that all we eat is pasta with tomato sauce and one or two other ones. Day in day out. Believe me, I would get bored with that menu after two days! Pasta is eaten with vegetables, meat, fish and so many other things. It can come in so many variations, that I would dare to say to be enough to eat a different pasta dish for almost every single day of the year!

Oh, btw, one of the few combinations I have never seen before is pasta with chicken. I can’t think of any Italian dish that combines these two ingredients.