Can you cook pasta with the gas turned off? This is now a pressing question for me — and millions of Italians — as the Kremlin weaponises natural gas in an effort to punish Ukraine’s allies.With Gazprom squeezing gas supplies to Europe and fuel bills surging, Italy has urged its citizens to save energy with “virtuous actions” such as shorter showers, turning the heating down, and running washing machines and dishwashers fully loaded. What caught my eye, though, was the official advice to lower the flames on stoves once water pots are boiling — a seemingly cryptic guideline that Italians immediately understood as an instruction to use less gas while cooking pasta.
你能关了天然气把意大利面煮熟吗?现在这对我以及数百万意大利人来说是一个紧迫的问题。因为克里姆林宫正将天然气作为武器,以惩罚乌克兰的盟友。