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[DG]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 11:51pm

There's a LOT of pink in that pic - yay!

[Pip]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 11:51pm

It has to be hard to go away and leave her like that. Well, it makes the reunion that much sweeter, moi droog!

[Glebb]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 11:53pm

Tanny ochen krasiviya (very beautiful)!

[DG]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 11:54pm

Ok, I'm away - with thoughts of Pip's avatar dancing in my head

*MWAH*

[Pip]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 11:55pm

I'm finally off to bed, too... Goodnight, all!

[Glebb]

Posted: 3/18/07 at 11:55pm

Cpakoinoi noche DG, sweet dreams!

*Edit* to say goodnight to Pip too.

Updated On: 3/18/07 at 11:55 PM

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 7:17am

Morning peeps !!! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Had a fun St Paddy's Day..went shopping with Girly in Lambertville and then a delishious corn beef & cabbage dinner at another friend's house...of course I brought the St.Joseph's pastry..which some people (I won't mention any names, but sounds like Girly)never even heard of..is it an Italian thing?

Now it's Monday and I'm back at HELL...the devil's advocate should be in soon, so I better get my work started. Coffee is on and there are some St. Joesph's pastry in the fridge..enjoy !!!

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 7:26am

I never heard of St. Joe's pastry either Boobs and I've got Italian aunts and uncles.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 7:53am

Well SOMMSY you better get to your nearest bakery shop and ask for them...they only make them now being (I believe)today is St. Joseph's day.....they usually come with 2 different fillings...one has canolli filling or a custard. I like both although this year I had 2 of the custard ones.

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 7:58am

I'll head over to "the Berg" after work.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:00am

Here's more about St. Joseph's day...

FESTA!

Honor San Giuseppe with a St. Joseph's Day feast that features Italy's beloved favorites
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 03/14/07

BY ANDREA CLURFELD
FOOD EDITOR
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As long as there's a lot, you'll be fine.

If you're planning a feast in honor of San Giuseppe, that is.

San Giuseppe, St. Joseph's on this side of the pond, is the patron saint of pastry cooks and children. But, since the holiday falls on March 19, typically smack dab in the middle of Lent, people use it as an excuse to pig out.

But it's not all prosciutto and pork-rich salumi products, mind you. In this area, folks toasting St. Joseph's Day zero in on two specific types of fried-dough pastries made just for the holiday: sfinci and various takes on zeppole .

Brooklyn-born baker John Buscema makes both sfinci and zeppole for La Dolce Bakery, located in the Gordons Corner Shopping Center in Manalapan. He learned his craft as a youth working in Italian bakeries in Brooklyn and has been baking ever since.

In the weeks leading up to March 19, Buscema makes "sfinci, which has a ricotta cream filling, like you'd make for a cannoli, and zeppole, too, which has a custard filling, something like a cream puff. The pastry is simple, just eggs, flour, oil and water."

What? No sugar?

"No, no sugar 'cause the fillings are sweet enough," Buscema says. "You get your sugar from the cannoli cream and the custard. There's powdered sugar (sprinkled) over the top. The important thing is, it has to be fried dough."

Buscema's classic St. Joseph's Day pastries also get a spray of green sprinkles and are topped with a vivid red maraschino cherry. The color connection to the Italian flag is no coincidence: The emblematic pastries, with creamy white filling and green and red accents, pay homage to the motherland.

Carmen Carracciolo of Marlboro, shopping at Tuscany Italian Market, also in the Gordons Corner Shopping Center, says she doesn't make her own St. Joseph's Day pastries, but lets someone else do the baking for her.

"I'll buy mine right over there," Carracciolo says, pointing to La Dolce Bakery. She also plans to purchase at Tuscany the makings of a grand antipasto platter that will be her contribution to her extended family's St. Joseph's Day fete: "Prosciutto, of course, roasted peppers, the artichokes that come marinated in jars, provolone, soppressata, olives — I'll buy all of that. We'll make pasta, sauce and meatballs and that'll be it. It's a good dinner."

Her plan is typical of how some Italian-Americans commemorate the day. In southern Italy, however, where San Giuseppe celebrations might include up to 100 different dishes, the earliest spring vegetables are showcased — fresh artichokes and asparagus, wild greens and fennel, fava beans and peas. Oranges are used for decoration and in pastries; countless ornamental breads are baked. Seafood, of course, plays a large role in any Italian buffet, and shrimp, balls of cod and sardines are fried, while hunks of tuna are marinated and grilled.

Back here, Michael Messina of Toms River shops at Mulberry Street Italian Deli, on Brick Boulevard in Brick, for his salami and prosciutto ("They've got good imported meats from Italy".) and knows for certain "we'll make meatballs for St. Joseph's. When I was a kid, we always made the Sicilian meatballs, the sweet-and-sour ones, with nuts in them. I don't know what made them sweet-and-sour, but they were good."

Indeed, traditional recipes for sweet-and-sour Sicilian meatballs call for a mix of meats, maybe pieces of salumi, ground chicken and ground pork, that are seasoned with cinnamon, minced candied citrus peel and chopped almonds then further invigorated with red-wine vinegar sauce.

But even those who only plan to cook a simple bowl of pasta dressed with good extra-virgin olive oil, a little garlic and a sprinkling of Parmigano-Reggiano cheese still make the day festive.

"That's what we like, plain pasta," says Paula Martin of Brick, who shops regularly at Mulberry Street for olives, meats, canned tomatoes and her favorite prepared foods. "You don't have to make a fuss. Pasta, some antipasto. Sometimes we get fish and make fried fish, or salt cod and make cod balls. The dessert is what's special. We buy sfinci, which they make here and our kids love. They just eat it up."

Don't you bet San Giuseppe, patron saint of pastry cooks and children, is smiling?

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:15am

Boobs can never be accused of being subtle. At least someone else has never heard of them besides me. I couldn't believe how huge these things were. I cut a quarter piece off of one last night and even that was too much!

Missed you on Saturday, Sir Somms. Hope you're feeling better!

[harris007]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:21am

the cows enter with ice tea for all

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:23am

I've never heard of St. Joseph's pastry either.

*waits for lecture on how I'm not a "real" Italian*

[harris007]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:29am

gets comfy to watch lecture

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:30am

Rath..you are NOTa "real" Italian...again Mama would be ashamed.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:32am

Well, I don't think she knows what one is either! Otherwise, I probably would, wouldn't I?

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:35am

Boobs, the owner of the house we were at is a full-blooded Italian and she didn't know either! Remember??

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:36am

He makes this stuff up, Girly.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:38am

How come her sister knew than Girly? Rath...didn't you read the article? ^^^^ Plus you know that your mother doesn't like to share with you.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:39am

That's true. She doesn't. She wouldn't even share food with me when I was a child.

That's why I wasn't fat until I was old enough to buy my own!

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:49am

Awwwwwww poor Rathy. *hugs*

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:49am

yay.

[ALittleNorthofKansas]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:57am

Morning all. Happy Monday.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:59am

Oxymoron, unless you're in a Broadway show and it's your day off.

BTW, there are cops EVERYWHERE down here today. Like I've never seen, even when the President was on his way.

Updated On: 3/19/07 at 08:59 AM