Puttanesca ... Seriously?

[joggerjayne]

BF coming this weekend.

Been looking for something simple to cook for supper.

Either I take my pals out ... or I have them over and cook for them ... which can be a bit hit and miss.

Anyway, I've found this Jamie recipe ... Spaghetti alla Puttanesca.

I mean ... puttanesca ... seriously?

Why is it called that?

I'm hoping that it's not because of the tuna.

It looks quite simple, though.

[Nibble]

I don't understand why you have an objection to the term - puttanesca sauce is delicious!

[albaqwerty]

pop into a local friendly restaurant and ask them to ook a 3 ourse, you take it home, pop it into the fridge. Then on said night, reheat and serve as your own :-D

[society]

lol sounds like cooking to me lol

JJ, I so would like to see what you look like; of all the posters on here... :)

[grasscarp]

Can Olive rustle up something?

[scrummyyummy]

Puttanesca is derived from the word puttana, a colloquialism for “prostitute” Nigella has a recipe for this and calls it '***'s spaghetti'. Her explanation for the name is "The general consensus seems to be that this is the sort of dish cooked by slatterns who don't go to market to get their ingredients fresh, but are happy to use stuff out of jars and tins".

[scrummyyummy]

The blanked out word should say 's l u t'