0_Apprentice
Is there a dish in the world that exhibits American comfort food more than spaghetti with meatballs?
1_Wizard
I hear you man. It's probably my favorite. The spaghetti, tomato sauce and meatballs are amazing to have any day of the week!
0_Apprentice
Darn straight!  And there's a reason I said "American."  Though it may be inspired by Italian dishes, it was Italian-American immigrants that came up with the dish.
1_Wizard
Really? That's pretty funny. I knew that Italian writers will mock the dish and say it's not really Italian. In Italy it's made only with an egg based pasta. Have you ever had the real stuff?
0_Apprentice
The "real stuff" is the American stuff.  But I know you can't order spaghetti and meatballs in Italy.  You can order spaghetti and a bolognese stew which are the two components, but you can't order them mixed together.
1_Wizard
Wow, who would have thought? My favorite is probably a baked pasta dish from Apulia that adds mortadella, or salami and baked with rigatoni, tomato sauce, and mozzarella. All this wrapped up into a pastry.