Alfredo Sauce

No, unfortunately, this is not a recipe.. =( It is a little shocking fact... at least for me... Alfredo Sauce..? NON-EXISTENT IN ITALY! Hahahahaha..! So, they ask me if I ever cook Italian at home... well yes, I mention a couple of things and I mention Alfredo sauce even though I've only made it twice in my life. They have a big a question mark over their heads, "what's Alfredo sauce?" Ummmm... you know... white creamy sauce for pasta, usually on fettuccine... "Creamy sauce? We don't put creamy sauce on our pasta" ...ok.... well you don't but some Italians do right?.... 'cricket, cricket'... "No" You should have seen the look on my face, apparently it was quite funny because they both broke out laughing. So I explain that it is the most popular 'Italian' sauce there is... they laugh again and assure me that it is not so in Italy. Unbelievable. Well I was in shock at this point so I had to look it up... it turns out there is such a thing as 'Pasta al Burro', I know it sounds funny but burro means butter in Italian, not donkey like in Spanish. So back in the day, like in 1917 I think, this one restaurant in Rome specialized in that pasta, chef being Alfredo, and he gave it his name. He of course made it creamy & put more butter. Well some American movie star took it back to Hollywood and reproduced it with Alfredo's name... and so it gained all the popularity in the U.S. But even now, in most of Italy, people dress their pasta, some with tomato sauce, but mostly with just olive oil, a pesto or just butter, depending on the region. But usually not a creamy sauce.. CRAZY, huh? Back with more later... hopefully recipes instead of facts ;)