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Polybius

(15,364 posts)

7. Italian American here

Reply to Drahthaardogs (Original post)

Sun Nov 24, 2019, 03:03 PM

Nov 2019

My family didn't make pasta on Thanksgiving, and always had a normal turkey. Never even heard of making brown gravy with it, why would anyone do that? We stuffed it with stuffing, never seen one stuffed with Italian sausage. For dessert we did pumpkin pie and my mom's favorite, lemon meringue. Drinks we had apple cider, the only time of the year it was bought.

For Christmas however, pasta was made in addition to a fresh ham or Virginia ham. Mmm I miss the 80's.

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Italian Thanksgiving, or how one group resisted Americanization [View all] Drahthaardogs Nov 2019 OP

We often spend the holidays with Italian friends. luvs2sing Nov 2019 #1

I have to ask about "wedding soup." CaptainTruth Nov 2019 #9

It is from Campania in southern Italy. luvs2sing Nov 2019 #10

I am half Italian. My grandparents were off the boat. smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #2

I grew up in an isolated town that was mostly italian. Drahthaardogs Nov 2019 #3

You just named three dishes that this 100% Italian never heard of Polybius Nov 2019 #8

I grew up in upstate NY in a very Italian city. Everyone in my family had grapevines smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #11

I grew up out west Drahthaardogs Nov 2019 #15

The butchers? smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #16

Yes, the butchers Drahthaardogs Nov 2019 #17

I get it. smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #18

My grandparents came here from Sicily near the turn of the century. Here is Grandpa at 13, in tblue37 Nov 2019 #6

I was surprised to find that there were so many Italians in Pennsylvania. smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #12

One thing I have recently noticed, since I am sensitive to Italian names, is that an amazingly high tblue37 Nov 2019 #13

They unfortunately do tend to be conservative, unless they are highly educated. smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #14

We are doing Wellstone ruled Nov 2019 #4

Sounds like my Sicilian-American family's holiday meals, except our soup is a chicken tblue37 Nov 2019 #5

Italian American here Polybius Nov 2019 #7

My Italian American family's Thanksgiving traditions: wishstar Nov 2019 #19

We do the stuffed artichokes the night before Drahthaardogs Nov 2019 #20