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Originally Posted by 2BNTV
You sure know how to give, "the willie", to this Italian. If I read this, later in the day, I would try making it. LOL
Pasta fagioli pronouned, "Pasta Fa Sool", by my family, was the staple dish, when my mother came to ths country in 1926. Also pasta, or as we called it, "macaroni" with gravy, or as most people say today, "sauce". A luxury was chicken on Sunday's, (once a week).
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Oh oh,
not trying to give anyone the willies......you mean deja vu?
You know, we Italians were "vegetarians" before anyone ever coined the word. We were raised on beans and greens and veggies and fruits. Similar background to you. My Italian grandparents came over in 1890; my dad was born in 1899. All of N.Y.C. was his playground.
As I said in earlier post, everything old is new again.
However, I cannot get hooked on "kale". Our adult kids made some "kale chips" when we were at the Maine seacoast for two weeks. Could not get rid of that smell, even with all of the windows open.......and a beautiful seabreeze........
My favorite greens were spinach, escarole, broccoli, basil and mint from the garden, etc.
Joe, you can make the "quick version" using as many cans of Progresso white cannellini beans as you wish; mash some of them. Another can of crushed tomatoes and some chicken broth. Add some small tiny pasta at the end.....like ditilini. Or, broken spaghetti, elbows, etc. Hope you have some Italian dried spices on hand like oregano and basil.........and some cloves of garlic and some onions.
Pass the parm and mangia. Don't forget the crusty bread, which my dad always used to wipe his plate. NOT GOOD MANNERS TODAY but that's what they did. Those immigrant kids didn't waste a morsel.
p.s. We also pronounced it as pasta fazool.