Puttanesca; just wondering how many of you know its saucy beginnings.?

Question

Please no copying and pasting the answer off of a website or search engine. I allready know the answer.

Answer 1

The name originated in Naples after the local women of easy virtue, Puttana means literally "whore", but the reason why the dish gained such a name is debated.

One possibility is that the name is a reference to the sauce's hot, spicy flavour and smell. Another is that the dish was offered to prospective customers at a low price to entice them into a house of ill repute. The last is the bright vibrate colors of the olives, tomatoes capers & basil match the bright colors of their undergarments....

Answer 2

sure look at the ingredient list ,capers olives anchovies clearly Mediterranean.
Legend has it that the puttanas of Naples being of passionate mediterranean blood that they were,worked up quite an appetite performing their professional duties.
They got hungry and needed a quick way to satisfy their needs so that they could go back to quickly satisfying the needs of others Viola !pasta puttanesca

Answer 3

puttanesca sauce; alla puttanesca


Definition: [poot-tah-NEHS-kah] Generally served with pasta, this sauce is a spicy mélange of tomatoes, onions, capers, black olives, anchovies, oregano and garlic, all cooked together in olive oil. A dish on a menu described as alla puttanesca signals that it's served with this sauce. The name puttanesca is a derivation of puttana, which in Italian means "whore." According to one story, the name purportedly comes from the fact that the intense fragrance of this sauce was like a siren's call to the men who visited such "ladies of pleasure."

Answer 4

The sauce is so-called because it supposedly calls to mind the familiar odor of the "puttana", an Italian lady who, shall we say, "lies down on the job"....LOL




bon appetit!

Answer 5

Everyone I've ever met knows that the name has something to do with whores.