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For about a year, I worked as a host in an Olive Garden restarurant. During that time, I made the following strips. Each strip is completely true, except for people's names, which have been changed so that they don't get mad at me.

For about a year, I worked as a host in an Olive Garden restaurant. During that time, I made the following strips. Each strip is completely true, except for people's names, which have been changed so that they don't get mad at me. This comic is not endorsed in any way by The Olive Garden. In fact, they don't even know it exists.

Perhaps we can add some caution about not mixing too much in with the pasta. I once used fresh basil from our garden and made a big batch. I put way too much in with my spaghetti noodles and had the worst case of the runs afterwards. It must be treated somewhat differently than bolognese or alfredo cream sauce, in this way. dave 23:04, 6 Nov 2003 (UTC)I didn't want to interfere, as a kitchen amateur, but isn't pesto traditionally a Genoese specialty (pesto alla Genovese)? maybe a mention that pesto is a way to preserve the glut of basil at the end of the season? Isn't the incorporation of cheese right into the sauce a modern innovation? What about the American substitution of walnuts for pignoli nuts? even some walnut oil with the olive oil? and finally how about mentioning that a film of olive oil keeps the pesto from oxidizing to black? User:WetmanI flipped quickly through the Project Gutenberg edition of the Bucolics, and found this reference:Pounds Thestilis her mess of savoury herbs, Wild thyme and garlic. Ecologue 2: Lines 12-13The latin version of the same reference:Thestylis et rapido fessis messoribus aestu alia serpyllumque herbas contundit olentis Ecologue 2: Lines 10-11This seems like a fair description of modern pesto, but doesn't seem to match the description of ancient pesto in the article (primarily olive oil and cheese).Speaking only as someone who likes to cook and not as someone knowledgeable in the history of cooking, it seems to me that the distinguishing characteristic of pesto is the use of the mortar and pestle to crush the herbs. An oil and cheese sauce wouldn't benefit from from being crushed. Perhaps our modern pesto derives from two different sauces - the crushed herbs (my dictionary gives crushes and grinds as other meanings for contundit) mentioned in the Bucolics and the oil and cheese mentioned in the article.I removed the reference to Virgil, since I do not find the quotation from the Bucolics convincing. It refers to some kind of sauce, but not what we call pesto today. Burschik 15:32, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)A quick note from a genoese native: to get a decent pesto, you can use Grana Padano instead of Parmigiano Reggiano without losing too much of the original flavour. However, the Prà basil is very important since, AFAIK, is the only basil that doesn' t even remotely taste like peppermint. If your basil has large leaves, and has even just a hint of peppermint, then your pesto won' t taste like the reasl thing. Oh, and BTW... garlic, salt, pine nuts, olive oil, and Parmigiano Reggiano are all important ingredients of Pesto, but I didn' t see any entry about Pecorine cheese. Some just use a hint of it, some are pretty heavy on it, but it' s (not always, but very often) part of the recipe.