Spaghetti Carbonara with Cream and Bacon – the Original Recipe?
WWII Spaghetti Carbonara with Cream and Bacon! This recipe recreates the pasta from one of the Carbonara origin stories. If you like Mac and Cheese and bacon, you love it!
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Origins of Spaghetti Carbonara: K-Rations, History and Myth Busting!
The origins of the Spaghetti Carbonara is a matter of some controversy. Did the Americans or the Italians invent the Spaghetti Carbonara? Was this dish created in Rome as a way to use WWII 'K-Rations' ingredients? In this post, we'll investigate one popular theory of the origins of Spaghetti Carbonara: that of the 'K-Ration'.