Not a simple container. There schiscetta it is more and more a real one lifestyle, a valid alternative to the boring sandwich at the bar or the usual lunch break at the diner just steps from the office. And the cold pasta solves the schiscetta in an excellent way!

10 recipes of cold colored pasta and easy to prepare

Cold pasta with zucchini and salmon
Cold pasta with mint, rocket and olives
Pasta with ricotta and basilPasta with rucola, cherry tomatoes and olives
Pasta with cherry tomatoes and shrimp
Pasta with dried tomatoes and eggplant
Pasta with salmon and curry
Pasta in Greek salad
Pasta with prosciutto and melon
Pasta with lentils
Pasta with tuna and plums

What does the word schiscetta mean?

The term is of Lombard origin, but it is practically all over Italy (and even beyond) that those who spend their days away from home, including university students, decide to prepare lunch the night before so they can enjoy something healthy, done with their own hands, using what according to the Treccani encyclopedia can also be defined as American or even lunch boxes bentobako, to the Japanese.

The word "schiscètta", as mentioned, originates from the Milanese dialect, that is from the verb "press, press"That in the Lombard capital it is said to" swoop ". This term was used for the first time in the years of the economic boom to name the lunchbox used by workers, masons and laborers. In other words, those who could not afford a restaurant meal and then brought home what their wife or mother had cooked for them.

The container is generally made of aluminum or stainless steel and is divided into two parts: one used as a bowl, the other as a lid. In recent years, those in which we are rediscovering more and more good habits of the past, the schiscetta is definitely back in fashion, to comfortably bring both warmed-up and cold dishes to the office. So, given the increasing temperatures, here are some ideas for colorful and inviting portions of cold pasta to take with you.

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