There is no regulation on the size of the stadium. Most Americans certainly think in their own way. A plate of spaghetti is enough for a meal. We do things in different ways. Our stadium is much smaller. Consider a meal: This plate is very big and contains many different foods: meat, mashed potatoes, beans and vegetables. Now, imagine that this meal is divided into five different dishes, and each dish is put on its own plate. This is not more food, but a clearer way to serve. Appetizers are usually placed in a small dish or bowl the size of a plate, a small main course, a small piece of meat or fish or vegetables as a side dish, and finally dessert.

If we can slightly change the rice on it separately, it can be said that the fried mystery can be used as an appetizer, so that we can continue our own dishes, and then delete the mashed potatoes and tomatoes in the middle of the plate and replace them with spaghetti, which is our first. Our leftover meat (which looks like chicken) is on the right, followed by vegetables. Add a fruit for dessert and you have a five-course Italian meal.

This means that your order is different in Italy. Suppose I want to order from the menu above. If I only ordered "Noce di vitello ai ferri", the dish I received would be like this:

If I order from that menu (in my opinion, it's not appetizing at all, but it was given to me by Google), I will choose smoked ham with melon as an appetizer:

Then I'll choose Vongole spaghetti:

I won't eat meat or fish, because I have eaten a lot of protein, but I will choose vegetables, maybe spinach:

This leads to the last concept. Italian food is modular. You have many choices. You can arrange your dinner in the way you like. You can have an appetizer first, and then go directly to the meat section. You can order a vegetarian dish, a Capri salad, a good dish without meat, and then add a vegetable. You can do whatever you want. Eat more, or just one or two dishes.