Had dinner tonight at Carrabas with friends of ours from the midwest.( Ohio and Kentucky and Tennessee) and we were saying that none of us ever tasted any Italian food until we were in College. Or Bagels. Or Cheesecake.
Naturally our palates have become accustomed to many different cultures and ethnicities foods since then but I had by first home cooked Italian dinner here in TV...EVER.
And that same neighbor had her first homemade sauerbraten from my kitchen.
We weren't poor or deprived believe me. The food we had as children was scrumptious, home grown, home cooked, home canned.
but I LOVE Italian food now and I don't care whether you call it sauce or gravy. YUMMO!
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