How come within French cuisine white sauce is eaten with beef, but red within Italian cuisine?

Question

How come within French cuisine white sauce is eaten with beef, but red within Italian cuisine?

Answer 1

in italy they have used what is grown plentiful throughout the ages, and tomatoes is one of their main crops, that is why all of the red tomatoe based sauces

the french use more milk and dairy in their sauces

Answer 2

The French use more butter and milk than the Italians (overall).

Answer 3

one reason would be tradition.

a lot of sauces in french cuisine rely on one "mother sauce" (bechamel or "white sauce") and usually use prime/tender cuts of meat.

a lot of dishes in italian cuisine use tomato based sauces and tougher cuts of meat. the acid in the tomato sauce helps to tenderize the meat.

Answer 4

just one of those little quirks in life i guess.

Answer 5

Because Italian and French Cuisine is not the same.

Answer 6

italians also eat white sauce

its jus that the italian dishes containing red sauce r known better than the ones in white sauce

french cuisine only consists of white sauce they donot hav red sauce so white sauce is better known there.......also french use more of milk

Answer 7

Because Italians do everything better.