Warfish Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Funniest thing about Italian American food pride is how laughable most actual Italians in Italy think it is. Every time I’ve been in Rome it’s a recurrent joke from the locals. Little to no respect for American Italian food. I tend to like both cuisines myself, but they’re very different. If you’ve never been to Italy, you got to go, Italian or not. Amazing food and experiences. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Frog Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 7 minutes ago, RutgersJetFan said: Maybe your squirting technique is reasonable but in my experience most people are not just soakers but super soakers. Not worth the risk. I have an affiliation for squirrters. One of my first conquests was a squirter. So great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Ghost Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Warfish said: Funniest thing about Italian American food pride is how laughable most actual Italians in Italy think it is. Every time I’ve been in Rome it’s a recurrent joke from the locals. They have their heads stuck up their a**es pretty far in Rome. They make fun of everything, and everybody, including any Italians who live south of them never mind those from other countries. It starts with the language, goes to the food and never ends. F**k them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, Peace Frog said: I have an affiliation for squirrters. One of my first conquests was a squirter. So great. It was probably because of the way you spell calamari. I can’t speak for anyone else but it’s turning me on for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Frog Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 minute ago, RutgersJetFan said: It was probably because of the way you spell calamari. I can’t speak for anyone else but it’s turning me on for sure. This is getting weird but comfortably so. Whut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunnie Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 You do it exactly like me… leave off the last vowel. Manicotti is Managut Now say cap i col a .... Richard Todd, Ken OBrien, Chad Pennington, Mark Sanchez, Genope, Sam Darnold ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Frog Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 lol dudes from hillbilly country laughing at Romans from Rome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Ghost Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 38 minutes ago, Peace Frog said: lol dudes from hillbilly country laughing at Romans from Rome. Says the guy who eats sauce out of a jar… ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Frog Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 15 minutes ago, Green Ghost said: At least I’m not the guy who eats sauce out of a jar… Vincent’s, ? Hey jerkoff I make homemade bolognese meat sauce ragu sugo grandmas Sunday sauce with meatballs and sausage marinara tomato sauce arabiata vodka sauce genovese alla amartriancia carbonara alla Norma pesto vongole all of them. Like you’ve never had. Vincent’s Hot sauce is in a class of its own. You’ve obviously never been there on Mott Street so I’ll grant you dispensation for being a philistine. Maybe educate yourself and visit the eatery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Ghost Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, Peace Frog said: Hey jerkoff I make homemade bolognese meat sauce ragu sugo grandmas Sunday sauce with meatballs and sausage marinara tomato sauce arabiata vodka sauce genovese alla amartriancia carbonara alla Norma pesto vongole all of them. Like you’ve never had. Vincent’s Hot sauce is in a class of its own. You’ve obviously never been there on Mott Street so I’ll grant you dispensation for being a philistine. Maybe educate yourself and visit the eatery. You seem… upset? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Frog Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Just now, Green Ghost said: You seem… upset? Nope. I’m happy. Just seared off four 2 inch thick filetos with baked potatoes the size of footballs with friends. Butter and sour cream and chives. Cracked 2 bottles of Chateuneuf du Pape. Feeling good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Ghost Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, Peace Frog said: Nope. I’m happy. Just seared off four 2 inch thick filetos with baked potatoes the size of footballs with friends. Butter and sour cream and chives. Cracked 2 bottles of Chateuneuf du Pape. Feeling good. Impressive that you could do all that and still post here all night. Or, and this is more likely… you’re home alone and drinking too much. Again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Frog Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, Green Ghost said: Impressive that you could do all that and still post here all night. Or, and this is more likely… you’re home alone and drinking too much. Again. Hhahahaaaa friends just left after we planned our sailing trip for the St Thomas International Regatta (my SU roomie just bought a $160k boat in Martinique-I’ll post pics) and setting up our trip in June to Scotland. Playing St. Andrews twice. I’ll post pics. Nice flex jerkoff. Yeah, I’m home. Alone. Drinking Chateuneuf du Pape. By myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Frog Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 To be fair. Was watching The Last Duel whilst I was posting. Boring. Responding to trolls was more fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Ghost Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, Peace Frog said: Hhahahaaaa friends just left after we planned our sailing trip for the St Thomas International Regatta (my SU roomie just bought a $160k boat in Martinique-I’ll post pics) and setting up our trip in June to Scotland. Playing St. Andrews twice. I’ll post pics. Nice flex jerkoff. Yeah, I’m home. Alone. Drinking Chateuneuf du Pape. By myself. 1 minute ago, Peace Frog said: To be fair. Was watching The Last Duel whilst I was posting. Boring. Responding to trolls was more fun. This is all so sad. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJet Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Warfish said: Funniest thing about Italian American food pride is how laughable most actual Italians in Italy think it is. Every time I’ve been in Rome it’s a recurrent joke from the locals. Little to no respect for American Italian food. I tend to like both cuisines myself, but they’re very different. If you’ve never been to Italy, you got to go, Italian or not. Amazing food and experiences. One of my favorite Sopranos episodes is when they go over to Italy, maybe season two? They go to this big fancy dinner and Pauley is pissed off that he can’t get any macaroni with gravy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Willie White Shoes Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 3 hours ago, More Cowbell said: Also highly recommended the Branzino. I had a whole grilled Branzino for diner tonight with Fried Calamari (Galama) as the appetizer from the local Italian restaurant. No joke. Ate the Calamari with a little salt and lemon. It was delicious . My family eats calamari every Christmas Eve as one of the 7 fishes. It is cooked in tomato sauce for that meal, not fried. It is the best part of the meal. I used to love the baccala back in the day, which was served in a puttanesca sauce, but we stopped making it after my mother passed away. It is too hard to prepare with everyone working (putting the fish in water to soak for three days and changing the water). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65 Toss Power Trap Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 4 hours ago, HawkeyeJet said: I don’t know wtf anyone is saying in this thread. leave it to jet fans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Willie White Shoes Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 3 hours ago, Peace Frog said: That would be The Varsity and having schooled there for 7 years myself, my wife for 6 years and 2 of my kids going there for 4 years each, I can say, eating there for a 1000 times, this is incontrovertibly not true. I ate Varsity Pizza for the first time as a high school student taking a summer journalism course at the Newhouse School in 1974. I also remember eating a hot pastrami sandwich, but I can't remember the name of the restaurant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Ghost Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 24 minutes ago, Joe Willie White Shoes said: I had a whole grilled Branzino for diner tonight with Fried Calamari (Galama) as the appetizer from the local Italian restaurant. No joke. Ate the Calamari with a little salt and lemon. It was delicious . My family eats calamari every Christmas Eve as one of the 7 fishes. It is cooked in tomato sauce for that meal, not fried. It is the best part of the meal. I used to love the baccala back in the day, which was served in a puttanesca sauce, but we stopped making it after my mother passed away. It is too hard to prepare with everyone working (putting the fish in water to soak for three days and changing the water). My sister still makes a cold baccala salad and fries some on Christmas Eve. One of my favorite winter dishes is made with baccala, potatoes, onions, capers and olives in a thin red sauce. It’s all placed in a Pyrex lasagna pan and baked in the oven. It’s so good! Is that the puttanesca style dish you’re referring to? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Ghost Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 12 minutes ago, Joe Willie White Shoes said: I ate Varsity Pizza for the first time as a high school student taking a summer journalism course at the Newhouse School in 1974. I also remember eating a hot pastrami sandwich, but I can't remember the name of the restaurant. Could it have been at Acropolis or Cure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjasi Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 3 hours ago, Warfish said: Funniest thing about Italian American food pride is how laughable most actual Italians in Italy think it is. Every time I’ve been in Rome it’s a recurrent joke from the locals. Little to no respect for American Italian food. I tend to like both cuisines myself, but they’re very different. If you’ve never been to Italy, you got to go, Italian or not. Amazing food and experiences. I would like to die on the hill of Italian American food 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undertow Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 True story my mothers uncle worked the corner when Joe Frazier was a trainer and he came over my grandmothers house once and put mayo on a meatball parm hero. ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 8 hours ago, Warfish said: Calamari is bait, not food. In some restaurants, calamari is a section of anus. Same rubbery consistency and size. Fry it up in some bread crumbs and it all tastes the same. Most overrated food ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunnie Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 To be fair. Was watching The Last Duel whilst I was posting. Boring. Responding to trolls was more fun. Any good movie reccos ... because i too found that tripe to be plodding, uninspired and ponderously predictable..... Richard Todd, Ken OBrien, Chad Pennington, Mark Sanchez, Genope, Sam Darnold ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68JET11 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 10 hours ago, southparkcpa said: I remember my mom not allowing us to pronounce it incorrectly. She was full Italian….. My dad was born in Italy, and came over on the boat.... My grandfather in North Bergen NJ, had his own (small) vinyard in his backyard and made his own wine. I remember as a kid going to my grandparents house and my Aunt Mary (dad's sister) helping Nana, (pronounced) Nauna, making the fresh pasta, and sauce. It was heaven. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68JET11 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 10 hours ago, Peace Frog said: Hot marinara. No other option. It's not bad with Thai basil spices either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68JET11 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 10 hours ago, Peace Frog said: It’s galamad . It’s Rigote. It’s muzzallele. It’s prosciutt. It’s parmigian. It’s Gopagol. Any self respecting Italian who uses parmigian should be shot.... It's pecorino romano thank you lol... sorry thought you were talking parmesan cheese lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68JET11 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 10 hours ago, More Cowbell said: I'm sure that is deep fried Calamari. The only way to eat Calamari is grilled with a little balsamic. I guess you've never had it Marinara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68JET11 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 9 hours ago, CSNY said: part of Hero with other meats , provolone cheese roasted peppers, onions , lettuce, olive oil and red wine vinegar If anyone is in Astoria Queens go to Sals the Sandwich King order “ The Bomb” its delicious Try Sweet Soppressata you'll never eat Salami again. Sweet Soppressata/Fresh Mozz, Lettuce Onion, Tomato oil/vinegar on a hogie roll... make sure the fresh mozz is on the top of the sandwich, then put it under a low broiler heat... Wait for the mozz, to start to melt take the sandwhich out, then feast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Miscellaneous side note. Date night this week is Cheesecake Factory. Last time I was there the calamari was amazeballs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterfield Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Should be a crime to serve calamari. Leave the seafood in the sea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southparkcpa Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 So this picture is from the 80s. In Port Chester NY. My buddy was born in Italy and this is his mom, aunt, grandmother, great aunt and friend making sauce. Every year they ordered a truck load of tomatoes from the Catskills and made sauce for 3 days. His mom just passed and I am down to my last jar of sauce. They made their own dry sausage that was to die for. Ive got to learn to make sauce. Never had to. I could easily get it from my buddy, my X wife was full Italian but now…. Time to learn. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OilfieldJet Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 8 hours ago, Peace Frog said: Hey jerkoff I make homemade bolognese meat sauce ragu sugo grandmas Sunday sauce with meatballs and sausage marinara tomato sauce arabiata vodka sauce genovese alla amartriancia carbonara alla Norma pesto vongole all of them. Like you’ve never had. Vincent’s Hot sauce is in a class of its own. You’ve obviously never been there on Mott Street so I’ll grant you dispensation for being a philistine. Maybe educate yourself and visit the eatery. This made me very hungry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJet Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 So all this talk about being Italian made me go look at my 23 and Me results for the first time in a couple of years. It’s really interesting how genetic lineage works although it’s also one of those things that they could be just making it all up and I would not know the difference. In addition to just your percentages, (I’m 56.9% Italian and 38.9% British/Irish although I grew up “Italian”) there’s a lot of information that you could spend hours going through. One cool thing is that they list all your genetic relatives. I currently have 1500 connections to other 23 and Me customers, all the way down to 5th cousins. This has led to a conundrum though…. K. Cangelosi is a newly discovered 2nd cousin, and although I’ve never met her, just looking at her picture, I kinda want to bang her…. Is that wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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