John John wrote:

>> Have you tried wiener schnitzel? If you have, did you find it very
>> similar? My understanding is that wiener schnitzel may have the
>> roots in Italy.

> Not in Wien?

There's a debate going on, obviously everybody wants the paternity of that
dish. There are some differences too, the Shcnitzel is made from a boneless
veal slice while the Milanese is from a veal chop with the bone.
A documented Schnitzel exuisted before the first documented apparition of
the Milanese, but it was not breaded: just floured. Then there's a report
from general Radetzky, who J. Strauss tributed with a famous march, who had
a cutlet in Milan which was washed in beaten eggs and "differently from the
Austrian Schnitzel" was breaded. Then there's a document from 1148, quoted
bu teh historian Pietro Verri, where is described a solemn lunch where the
third course was "lombos *** panitio" aka breaded veal chops. This would set
the title to Milan but a quoted source isn't certain as a concrete source.
So the debate goes one, while historians search for sources and people eat
cutlets
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