The Truth about Italians.....- Page 2

[WonderBoy]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 1:06pm

Being Italain as well, if it wasn't fresh pasta it was DeChecco or Barilla.

[junglered]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 1:29pm

Thanks for sharing this, Boobs. Great stuff! Being from a traditionally culinarily deprived WASP and Scandinavian/Northern German family background, I can proudly say that I can open a box of crackers all by myself!

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 1:32pm

I bet you can open a can of beer just as well Jungle.

[junglered]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 1:35pm

Hmmm...I resemble that remark!

(Just between us...maybe a bottle or two or three of wine at the James Taylor concert at Chastain last night, too).

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 1:36pm

Thanks, but I was actually talking abotu the type of pasta: Spaghetti, vermicelli, etc..

And what types of pasta go with what type of sauce? Or does it matter?

(I want to know something before I start school.. haha.)

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 1:40pm

depends on your taste. I prefer linguini for clam sauces and spaghetti when I make my meatballs. I like penne and ziti also.

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 1:40pm

Any kind of pasta, with red sauce. White or other types, different pastas are better.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 1:42pm

I need an Italian education on all these things. There's a restaurant in Sherman that serves this chicken pasta salad with bowtie.. it's sooo good.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 5:58pm

try this...

CHICKEN PASTA SALAD

3/4 pkg. Bow tie Pasta
2 baked chicken breasts (boneless), cubed
2 c. broccoli flowerettes
1 lg. tomato, thinly sliced wedges
1 can sliced olives
3 oz. grated Parmesan cheese
3/4 bottle zesty Italian dressing

Cook pasta according to directions; drain. Cool. When chilled, toss with dressing to coat pasta. Combine remaining ingredients. Refrigerate. As a variation, any fresh vegetable may be added.

[WonderBoy]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 6:43pm

Come on! We all know the real truth about Italians!




Italians Do It Better!!!

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 6:45pm

ahhhh, boobs, i was this close to marrying into all of that and spent several years getting used to it. but you forgot that eventually the men wake up and go outside to drink more, smoke cigars and play bocce on the immaculately groomed court that they built in the backyard even while the rest of the house fell into disrepair.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 6:51pm

(CM2, that is your most stunning avatar to date!!!!)

Sounds like my home on Sundays--except we used to mix our wine with cream soda.

Dollypop is famous for his meatballs with raisins in them and they are rolled in ground pignoli nuts before I fry them. I only do that for Christmas or St. Joseph's Day.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 6:54pm

Thanks for the recipe, Boobs. I'm thinking of making it, but with a Wouthwestern twist... I have this recipe for fire roasted corn salad, and I could just add chicken and bowtie pasta. :)

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 6:57pm

Poor Moony - married to the only Italian in civilization who doesn't cook. I'm sorry, dear.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 6:58pm

Who's St Joseph?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 6:59pm

We mixed grandma's home made red wine with coke. If it was her white wine, you mixed it with ginger ale.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 7:01pm

The patron saint of baby aspirin, C_O.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 7:12pm

I'll have to go buy some Barilla.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 7:52pm

Ok, equal time here! I am Jewish and our Sunday dinner would be on Saturday after returning home from Shabbat services at synagogue. First, you woukd have to have a little nosh at the synagogue because you would walk home and G-d forbid you should starve along the way. This would consist of challah, some herring, gefiltle fish and maybe a little white fish. Naturally this was washed down with some Manishevitz wine..vintage Tuesday! Then you would enter the grandmother's house which by law, was in Brooklyn. She would kvell about how much you have grown since last week. Then everyone would sit on the plastic covered furniture and complain about which one's medical problem was the worst and who was seeing the top Jewish doctor in his field. Grandma would then announce for everyone to sit at the table for the meal. First came the chicken soup with kreplach, matzo balls, and noodles. It was heaven and could stop any illness dead in it's tracks. On top of the chicken soup was a little fresh parsley and gribenes. Gribenes were similar to cracklings only they were made from chicken . The next course was chopped liver with chicken schmaltz on top. Again with the chicken fat! You could schmear it on a nice thick piece of warm challah. As if this wasn't enough, the gefilte fish made an appearance. This wasn't jarred like it is today..but homemade. The fish had to be kept alive until it was made on Friday so people usually kept it for several days swimming in the bathtub. Nowadays, people bathe. Topping the gefilte fish was chrain or horseradish. Not the purple stuff in a jar, but freshly grated. It was guaraunteed to keep you sinuses clear for a week. While the main courses were being readied in the kitchen { notice the plural here} one could nosh on fresh sour pickles, sauerkraut and pickled green tomatoes. These usually came from a barrel on the lower East Side. Next came the meat course. Brisket of beef, flanken, and roast chicken. The side dishes were grand also. Kasha varnishkes with bowties, potato kugel and or noodle kugel, sweet potato carrot and prune tzimmes, . The kids were naturally encouraged to eat everything because children were starving in Europe!I always wondered how my cleaning my plate as a child would help them. The beverage of choice in addition to the syrupy sweet Manishevitz was seltzer in the blue schpritz bottle. At this point in the meal, the men had undone the button on their pants and the women complained that their girdles were going to explode. The dessert was usally sponge cake, fruit, and of course the required stewed prune compote because you should only be regular. People don't eat like this today and gather with the family. Everyone is now dysfunctional and not speaking to one another. The meal usually consists of just fish and veggies because everyone has cardiovascular disease.

Updated On: 8/17/05 at 07:52 PM

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 8:02pm

YENTA! Please... If I could, I'd make that entire post my signature cause it's HILARIOUS.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 8:08pm

OY! I am a threadjacker!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 8:36pm

OY! It's all good.

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 9:23pm

Boobs, most of this sounds like a friend's family. I would make a horrible Italian. Can't stand spaghetti with sauce. Makes me gag.

[ConvinceMe2]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 9:26pm

Oy vey! I don't trust anyone who gags on pasta. It just ain't normal!

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/16/05 at 9:29pm

Undi of course you've always been Italian..just didn't know it...your love of Barilla and cooking should've been the clue.


Papa...you certainly do know an Italian household. There was a place to play bacce down the street from me..behind the tavern...the men got to kill 2 birds with one stone....drinking and bacce all in one place.


And Rath doesn't need to know how to cook..that's what she has me for.