la scarpetta is used to encourage a diner to use the bread to absorb the remaining food on the plate.

Daytime meal structure

Breakfast (colazione)

The most popular breakfast (colazione) is sweet, consumed at home or at a café. If breakfast is consumed at home, it consists of coffee, milk or caffè latte accompanied by baked goods such as biscuits, for example shortbread, or by slices of bread spread with butter and jam or with honey or gianduja

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