Posted on 07/26/2002 12:51:26 PM PDT by stands2reason
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:04:40 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Italian-Americans have a problem, and it's not "The Sopranos."
Italian-Americans are speaking out. They are complaining about a stereotype they just can't stand. One that they find inaccurate and misleading. One that is constantly shown on television, much to their disgust. They are unhappy. They are at their wit's end. They are fed up.
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The last time we went my daughter had fresh steamed mussels in shell with garlic butter, the breschia was pretty good, and I had a dish of grilled Italian susage, marinated chicken, and roasted potatoes. It was done well, and the portion was very generous.
Now I am certain that this wasn't "authentic" but I am not trying to collect points for Gourmet Club Membership, but rather have an enjoyable meal. It sounds to me like the managers of the Indianapolis restaurant should be teaching the rest of the chain a thing or two.
But I don't want to hear the Italians complaining about the commercial. My culture is represented by the thieving, conniving Lucky Charms leprechaun.
You are dead on...Boston's north end, and New Havens Wooster Street...the only things I miss about the northeast.
FMCDH
"MacDonald's of Italian food" just about says it all.
You're right about that which is why I hate "Italian" restruants. Whenever my wife drags me into one I always order the steak. As far as I'm concerned there's only one correct tomato sauce and that's my family's, no other sauce tastes right. I wouldn't eat macaronis at one of those places on a bet.
I remember an old Italian one time telling me that restruants in this country only served peasant food. As the progeny of peasants I could relate. But even the peasants had a wider pallette than is represented in these eateries.
I do get a kick out of Italians complaining about the way we are presented to the rest of the country. Mostly they show us as buffoons, but hey, that's how they present everybody else too. So what?
The funniest thing was when Joe Columbo, the mob boss, tried to start a movement protesting the portraits in the media of Italians as mobsters. How freakin' ironic, how freakin' Italian.
I love my heritage, I just don't look for validation of it from the moronic media.
Not only that, but General Mills is a big donor of Abortion Mills (aka Planned Parenthood) which is why I won't set foot in Olive Garden or Red Lobster. I don't dislike their food. I dislike their politics.
That's what I always thought, too. What a rip-off. I can make it better at home for practically free. (And I'm not a great cook).
I have always enjoyed Olive Garden. The restaurants are clean, the staff friendly, and the food pretty good.
I guess some people will always be malcontents and trash a place if the water is 1 degree to warm.
Oh well, such is life.
I've eaten in restaurants in Rome. I was sadly disappointed.
Easy to do, dude. Snap the head off, then suck out the tiny little brain. Pull the legs off, and proceed to peel and eat.
As for fish with scales, head and tail, in Italy I became quite fond of sardines, lightly fried, just as they came from the sea, innards, fins head and tail! Mmm, makes me hungry just thinking about it!
This thing with the Olive Garden Restaurant advertisements is a non-issue. You like it, go eat there. You don't, don't go there. You want good sauce, come to my house. I still cook it the way GrandPapa taught me, and it takes 3 days. The Olive Garden opens a can. Nuff said.
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