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Posted on 11/17/2022 3:02:44 PM PST by nickcarraway
my sister rose is bringing the baked ziti...
mmmm
I don’t see any ricotta in that picture. It needs ricotta.
Mmmmm . . . lasagna.
I’m bringing a mushroom risotto.
Lasagna is a lot of work.
Baked ziti is easier.
Although my wife makes a good “poor man’s lasagna”: cook some ravioli, fill baking dish with it, top with sauce and cheese, stick in oven until cheese is bubbling.
I use 6 or 7 cheeses.
Hey don’t cha fogitt bout Arrenginna ( terrible speller throughout 12 years of Dominican penguin.... I mean Nuns, and then 4 more of Jesuit Correctional guards). Rice Balls in today’s English. My mother and mother in law were always competing with these fabulous sides.
We have our pasta on Christmas. We’re old enough that we go elsewhere for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Privilege of being over 70 and having a small home.
Both of my parents grew up in Brooklyn, so, yeah.
“Italian cooks successfully resisted do-gooders trying to Americanize their food habits.”
“Do-gooders”?? Italians love turkey and trimmings. We also love spaghetti and lasagna. We can multi-task, just like the Chinese and Irish who mix their own favorite courses with the turkey and dressing. It’s not that big of a deal.
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I am not Italian myself but my great aunt was immigrated from Sicily when she was 18 and she used to make traditional Sicilian food. I was too young to appreciate it at the time being around 8 or so at the time. I didn’t appreciate her cooking the time because American kids only like very bland food but I wish I could go back in time and enjoy her cooking now.
I think thats great. Nearly anything is better than the disgusting glop that passes for sides in the modern standard American Thanksgiving. Have you ever been a victim of “cheezy potatoes” or “cream corn”(not creamED corn)? How did green bean casserole become a thing? If I were so poor I or hated you so deeply that I intended to force corn bread on you then I wouldnt have invited you over in the first place. Would you like another serving of can, I mean, yam with an inch of burned marshmallow?
If someone cared enough to invite me over then I would appreciate something they intentionally put effort into much more, even if they made it “wrong” and it didnt turn out, than if they tried to make me eat what is becoming the default menu.
Our default “tradition” has become little more than the thoughtless acceptance of marketing efforts and bad recipes from womens magazines. When I invite someone over its a show of love or respect to put a little more effort and thought into what Im serving.
Ricotta is so difficult to find in Texas, good ricotta that is. In RI my kids would sit watching me make lasagna and steal spoonfuls of ricotta out of the container. The stuff they have in Texas tastes like plastic, same for the mozzarella. Last year I couldn’t find Frego brand which isn’t too bad.
To go with the tacchino, si?
That’s un-American!
Oh, yeah. The green bean casserole. The ultimate slime dish. I gag.
And I never heard of cornbread dressing until I was about 65 years old.
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