You Know You're Italian If...

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[Mannaggia l'America]

A little New Year's humor...

You Know You're Italian If...

1. You have many relatives named either Joe or Mary, and you have at least one brother named Joe
2. You grew up in a small house, but you still had two kitchens. (One was in the basement)
3. When you were growing up, you had five cousins all living on the same street
4. When you were growing up, you thought that all wine was red and that it only came in gallon jugs
5. If someone in your family grows beyond 6’ 2”, it’s presumed that the mother had an affair
6. There were more than 28 people in your wedding party
7. Your grandfather had a fig tree
8. You've always wanted a red Ferrari
9. When you were growing up, you ate Sunday dinner at 2:00 p.m., and on Thanksgiving, your family’s first course was Ravioli
10. Your big family gatherings were held in your garage
11. Your favorite movie is the “Godfather”, your favorite television show is “The Sopranos”, and your favorite singers are (in order) Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jerry Vale, and Louis Prima
12. Connie Francis songs makes you cry
13. At least one person in your family does a great impression of Don Corleone
14. You’ve been hit with a spoon and/or you’ve been hit by a nun
15. You feel strangely comfortable when you sit on plastic-covered furniture
16. You know all the words to “That’s Amore”
17. You’re wife or husband wears a tee shirt that says “Pray for me, I married an Italian.”
18. You’ve been to the Vatican at least once
19. For a short time while you were growing up, you wanted to be a priest or a nun
20. When you were growing up, you thought Jesus was an Italian who lived in Israel
21. You fight over whether it's called "sauce" or "gravy"
22. Your mom's meatballs are the best!
23. If at least five of the above apply to you, congratulations!!! You’re Italian!

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Carlo...

I didn't realize it was okay to use canned tomatoes when making authentic Italian sauce.

(I feel redeemed!)

Happy New Year.

Thanks for the recipe!

[Rebelbase]

Thats great,Carlo. Thanks.

I didn't mean to start a food fight, but I sure would like to watch one!

[Trajan88]

Again it is time to watch "Big Night" featuring Stanley Tucci and Tony Shaloub
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/business/botline/fall96/fall96/10_9/bignite.html

Trajan88

[carlo3b]

Canned tomatoes are a lifesaver in every Italian home, now that nobody grows their own Roma tomatoes in their yard anymore.. Here is another myth breaker, it really doesn't matter which brand, even the cheapest brand is as good as the other if you are going to cook it all day..

[yarddog]

I have only known a few Italians altough one (He was technically Sicilian) was a very close friend.

A couple of observations. He always stood too close to you when talking, literally would make you back up. When he was 21 he was about as handsome as they come. The girls were all crazy about him. By the time he was 50 he was starting to resemble a fairly handsome gorilla.

He was one of the most generous and kind hearted people I have ever known.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

I dared my friend to talk while holding her hands still. She couldn't do it.

[yarddog]

I forgot to mention that he was also a great, baseball player. He was a star centerfielder at a major Southern University.

[arasina]

No mention of LARD BREAD or is that just a Brooklyn thing?

[Calamari]

And you can't make a good hoagie without gobagool (capicolla).

Now your talking! Dry cure and hot!

[Paulus Invictus]

Your menu sounds much like the one I enjoyed in a very Italian restaurant in southern Brazil. The difference? As soon as you finished the dessert course, they cleared the table and as long as you remained seated there, they began serving you the whole menu once again. I was so bloated and content after the fish course, I was ready to leave happy. Only one or two trenchermen were able to get through the second serving of pasta. It was all incredibly good, but we are talking major calorie intake at one sitting--up to thousands of cals per person after eating every item on the menu. Mama mia!

[I still care]

If you go to the Italian sections of Brooklyn, most everyone has these on the stoop in big cement urns. They are supposed to bring good luck to a new household.

[Victoria Delsoul]

You're Italian if you sing volare?

[I still care]

"You fight over whether it's called "sauce" or "gravy"

Sauce or gravy nothing. It was "pasta e sugo"!

[stanz]

The coffeemaker I have is supposed to be a 10-cup pot, but that is based on a 6 oz. cup. The mugs I use hold a lot more than that, so I only get about 4 mugs. I had to stop drinking caffeine. I buy the beans and grind them myself...usually buy Colombian decaf. I'm not big on flavored coffees, but since they came with the coffeemaker, I gave it a try.
I used to inhale coffee every morning and sometimes in the afternoon, but now I only have it on weekends or when I'm out to dinner.

[amom]

Many meals spent with my father saying "mangi lo mangiano tutto il buon".

[GirlShortstop]

Again it is time to watch "Big Night" featuring Stanley Tucci and Tony Shaloub

    The story takes place in a small Italian restaurant located somewhere on the Jersey shore during the 1950's.

"Big Night" is now on my rental list.  That li'l nugget of info above piqued my curiosity since I'm a Jersey girl who spent many summers down the shore.  Thank you for sharing the link; hopefully I won't have any problem finding the movie to rent.  FReegards.

[amom]

Ping for some good laughs.

[Alberta's Child]

That's a beautiful song, though I can't understand a word he's saying. LOL.

;-)

[amom]

MarioLanza (one word) and Frankie played nonstop on the victrola...and grandma had a fridgedair...it's wasn't a refrigerator...it was a fridgedair.

And dad was so fast with the back of that spoon! No reaching across the table in OUR family!