Email of the Day

Of course, my Daddy sent me this.  It's 100% true!!

: ITALIAN THANKSGIVING-

MANGIARE ! MANGIARE !!!

       To those of you who remember,

     We REALLY did feast like this,

        Oh Boy..didn't we though......

ITALIAN THANKSGIVING When I was a kid growing up, Thanksgiving was a day to reflect on what we had to be thankful for and to see my family together.  After this peaceful moment, of no one screaming at each other, it was time to eat!                           ANDIAMO! Now Italians do it all little bit different than the rest, but what else is new. First we start with: ANTIPASTO then LASAGNA  or MANICOTTI (depending on what you had last year) with MEAT IN THE GRAVY   then SOUP   Now we get to the Meal: TURKEY   STUFFING ROASTED POTATOES BROCCOLI RABE and / or ESCAROLE ROASTED RED PEPPERS SAUTEED MUSHROOMS SAUTEED STRINGBEANS (picked from the vine in the backyard garden) THE BREAD (that nonna made) and GOD FORBID YOU FORGET THE SALAD!!! (picked from the backyard garden with homemade wine vinegar) To wash it all down, we had: HOMEMADE WINE and 7 UP (IN THE GLASS BOTTLE) Then after the men had a 2 hour nap and the woman cleaned all the dishes, we had: CHESTNUTS MIXED NUTS FRESH FRUIT DRIED FIGS and FINOCCHIO Then we started the dessert: ITALIAN COOKIES SFOGLIATELLE CANNOLIS and ITALIAN PASTRY (just in case we missed something) During this feast we enjoyed a nice EXPRESSO  with MARIE BRIZARD ANISETTE  or ROMANA SAMBUCA Then after that we needed a little something for DIGESTIVO We went straight for the BRIOSCHI!!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL MY PAISANI

Just in case you don't believe me, check out this Thanksgiving post from two years ago.


**Oh, what the hell!?!?  I've edited this twice now, to put the pictures back in, and they keep disappearing!  Damn it!** 

**Ok, maybe the third time's the charm.  It damn well better be, it took me a half hour!!  I saved each individual picture to my computer, then inserted them one by one.  Oy!!**