Why today is the day of Milanese | The truth of …

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Fried or baked Cold or hot Meat or chicken On the plate or with bread. Accompanied by fries or mashed potatoes. Neapolitan or horse. Be it in these forms or under thousands of others, the Porteños will have, on May 3, another excuse to eat one of the traditional dishes: Milanese. It is that, a few years ago, this day of the calendar was chosen as National Day of Milanese. Several restaurants and bars offer discounts for the holidays.

Many say that there is no need to celebrate Milanese, a food that conquers children and adults. The chosen date emerged, like many other things, via social networks: a Facebook group proceeded to a vote and thousands of users voted for May 3, which date was installed as the National Day of Milanese. That's why, every year, the porteños upload to the Web their own party with meat and breadcrumbs.

Doubts about its origin persist until today. In one of his books, the cook Pietro Sorba, told that a menu of the year 1134, presents a dish called lomboli cum panitio. lumbus, in Latin, is the loin meat and panitio refers to bread, according to the subsequent interpretation of the subject specialists. Nearly 900 years later, on March 17, 2008, the municipality of Milan used these texts as a basis for granting the Milanese the official status of the city.

Other, however, consider that the meat steak is of Austrian origin because, in the second half of the nineteenth century, successive Austrian invasions in northern Italy have spread the taste of Milanese in Vienna. In fact, it is known in Austria as the Wiener Schnitzel (from German steak to Viennese) and is one of the most famous dishes of Austrian cuisine. Then, immigrants from several European countries brought this dish to several Hispanic American countries, including Argentina.

Social networks voted on May 3 as the day of Milan

It should be noted that at the initiative of the Government of Buenos Aires, a vote was taken two years ago to choose the best Milanese in the city. The winner is the El Antojo restaurant of Villa del Parque. Bodegón Núñez, in Núñez, and Manolo de San Telmo took second place.

With 15 years of experience, "El Antojo" has become his usual clientele near his place of residence in Tinogasta 3174, but he has seen his audience increase since the publication of his participation in the vote. "Our capacity is 180 places and every day we have a line, there are people from far who come only for the Milanese," said Cristian Franco, head of the local section, at the site. Clarin.