Oggi è il cinque di maggio e per festeggiare mangio cibo italiano.
English translation of my Italian: Today is the fifth of May and to celebrate I will eat Italian food. What else do you do on Cinque di Maggio if you are Italian born?
19 comments:
Mark Thomas
said...
"...cinque di maggio..."
5 DiMaggio?
As in, Joe DiMaggio, who had worn #5 with the Yankees. :-)
I celebrate like every American should--by honoring my Mexican roots (just to be clear, I don't have a drop of Hispanic blood). I have Mexican roots because Mexico is part of my country--actually my country CONQUERED Mexico back in 1850. Mexico is rightfully the property of the United States. When we finally figure that out and annex Mexico, all the Mexicans who wanted to become U.S. citizens will get their wish. Then we can send the INS & Border Patrol to take care of the REAL problem: The Guatemala Border.
Mark Thomas has never had a fried Mars bar. It is transcendental. I actually like haggis, too. FWIW. The S ots would have the best seafood on earth but cor the EU.
I don't think many English people, or Americans for that matter, would go for Coratella alla Romana (heart, liver, lung, kidney and spleen, cooked with artichokes) but it's actually quite delicious. Haggis (sheep's lung with oatmeal) is increasingly popular south of the border.
Modern British cuisine can compare with anything you find on the Continent and for those who have never sampled top-end traditional British fare, with an emphasis on game (which has to be well-hung, something the French don't understand) I recommend a visit to Rules in Covent Garden, London's oldest restaurant (est. 1798). You'll never sneer at British cuisine again.
I can understand the French being snooty, but Americans, whose sole contribution to world cuisine is the hot-dog, should remember the adage about people in glass houses.
Wait a minute, what about chicken McNuggetts? Mac and Cheese, Italian American, not to be confused with Italy’s food, fried Mars bars, fat back, collard greens, boiled peanuts, pecan pie, and chitlins, pigs feet and Rocky Mountain oysters??????
Why is it that "southern" cuisine is so focused on foods that created pot bellies, type II diabetes, excessive flatulence and bad complexions?
(not to mention an utter lack of flavor, save white sugar, salt and grease?)
The top 5 states with the highest mortality rates are Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma & (big surprise--not!) West Virginia. What do these states all have in common besides dying young? Grease, grits & goofy people dumb enough to imbibe "sweet tea" until their pancreas' surrender. Did I forget to mention it's all done to the music of the grammatical horror of nonstop "y'alling"?
The south is not a bad place. The sheer stupidity of some elements of southern culture, however, is, is, is, well, it is what it is.
Stop it! You are making my mouth water. Fried Fatback and really, really, really gallons of sweet tea are to die for! Yes crucify me as a martyr for southern cooking. What better way to go. Live to 90 eating watercress! Who wants that kind of long life?
Ah-ight. John has crossed a line with condescension and an aire of superiority clearly erected in a failed attempt at intimidation. Clearly, fried catfish in a flour/cornmeal batter with salt and black pepper, dusted in creole spice mix served with jalapeño cornbread and baked beans cooked with a slice of fatback and a side of okra and collard greens is much more culinarily accessible by the people than some soggy, limp fillet of plaice served in a Page Two Girl wrapper with room temperature potato wedges. I will concede the superiority of British ales to the general American beer, but they are remarkably similar at about 2 a.m.
No pleasure in life - in my case, cigarettes, red wine and fried food - is worth giving up for the privilege of an extra few years of life, an extra few years of life in a nursing home in a nappy with dementia....
Rumpole famously remarked 'exercise is a shortcut to the grave'. The number of middle-aged people who have crocked themselves up for life because of obsessive 'fitness' regimes is significant but deliberately overlooked.
Professional athletes make a conscious decision to push themselves in their youth, knowing that they will pay the price later. It's their choice.
Walking, gardening, and some sort of skilled movement, like dancing, is a key to long healthy life. Prayer, music, and a mental skill like a game or reading and speaking a foreign language have a positive impact. Eating really good food in moderation that gives pleasure completes the program.
19 comments:
"...cinque di maggio..."
5 DiMaggio?
As in, Joe DiMaggio, who had worn #5 with the Yankees. :-)
Pax.
Mark Thomas
I celebrate like every American should--by honoring my Mexican roots (just to be clear, I don't have a drop of Hispanic blood). I have Mexican roots because Mexico is part of my country--actually my country CONQUERED Mexico back in 1850. Mexico is rightfully the property of the United States. When we finally figure that out and annex Mexico, all the Mexicans who wanted to become U.S. citizens will get their wish. Then we can send the INS & Border Patrol to take care of the REAL problem: The Guatemala Border.
Viva America! Viva Mexico!
(Viva Petroleos Mexicanos/PEMEX tambien!)
Father McDonald, you should compile a small, but excellent (excellent, as you would be the author) cookbook of 20 one-page recipes entitled:
-- The All-Time Top 20 Most Delicious Italian, And Scottish, Recipes.
The first 19 pages would feature Italian dishes.
Page 20 would be blank.
Better yet, make that missing.
:-)
Pax.
Mark Thomas
Yes, English and Scottish "cuisine" would seem to be oxymmorons....compared to French and Italian!
Mark Thomas has never had a fried Mars bar. It is transcendental. I actually like haggis, too. FWIW. The S ots would have the best seafood on earth but cor the EU.
rcg...
You like haggis?
I will take the Mars bar. You can have the haggis. :-)
Pax.
Mark Thomas.
"The Church does not engage in proselytism. Instead, she grows by “attraction”:
— Pope Benedict XVI. May 13, 2007 A.D.
I don't think many English people, or Americans for that matter, would go for Coratella alla Romana (heart, liver, lung, kidney and spleen, cooked with artichokes) but it's actually quite delicious. Haggis (sheep's lung with oatmeal) is increasingly popular south of the border.
Modern British cuisine can compare with anything you find on the Continent and for those who have never sampled top-end traditional British fare, with an emphasis on game (which has to be well-hung, something the French don't understand) I recommend a visit to Rules in Covent Garden, London's oldest restaurant (est. 1798). You'll never sneer at British cuisine again.
I can understand the French being snooty, but Americans, whose sole contribution to world cuisine is the hot-dog, should remember the adage about people in glass houses.
Wait a minute, what about chicken McNuggetts? Mac and Cheese, Italian American, not to be confused with Italy’s food, fried Mars bars, fat back, collard greens, boiled peanuts, pecan pie, and chitlins, pigs feet and Rocky Mountain oysters??????
Not to mention American bacon, grits, American cheese, Velvetta, fried squirrel, alligator tail, baked armadillo and possum stew?
Why is it that "southern" cuisine is so focused on foods that created pot bellies, type II diabetes, excessive flatulence and bad complexions?
(not to mention an utter lack of flavor, save white sugar, salt and grease?)
The top 5 states with the highest mortality rates are Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma & (big surprise--not!) West Virginia. What do these states all have in common besides dying young? Grease, grits & goofy people dumb enough to imbibe "sweet tea" until their pancreas' surrender. Did I forget to mention it's all done to the music of the grammatical horror of nonstop "y'alling"?
The south is not a bad place. The sheer stupidity of some elements of southern culture, however, is, is, is, well, it is what it is.
Stop it! You are making my mouth water. Fried Fatback and really, really, really gallons of sweet tea are to die for! Yes crucify me as a martyr for southern cooking. What better way to go. Live to 90 eating watercress! Who wants that kind of long life?
Ah-ight. John has crossed a line with condescension and an aire of superiority clearly erected in a failed attempt at intimidation. Clearly, fried catfish in a flour/cornmeal batter with salt and black pepper, dusted in creole spice mix served with jalapeño cornbread and baked beans cooked with a slice of fatback and a side of okra and collard greens is much more culinarily accessible by the people than some soggy, limp fillet of plaice served in a Page Two Girl wrapper with room temperature potato wedges. I will concede the superiority of British ales to the general American beer, but they are remarkably similar at about 2 a.m.
Gomer’s Kavanaugh sounds like a self-loathing Southerner. No state tops Wisconsin when it comes to the obese.
No pleasure in life - in my case, cigarettes, red wine and fried food - is worth giving up for the privilege of an extra few years of life, an extra few years of life in a nursing home in a nappy with dementia....
Nappy - in USA = diaper.
When I was very young, it was only sick people who had to worry about : diet, not smoking, drinking alcohol in severe moderation....
What is the goal of many modern people?
Is it to live their whole lives as sick people; and then leave a healthy corpse?
Paul.
Paul quotes the philosophy of John Mortimer, aka Rumpole of the Bailey. I can’t quibble with the sentiment.
rcg,
Sir John Gielgud, the great English actor, also said something very similar re diet, smoking, drinking etc.
Rumpole famously remarked 'exercise is a shortcut to the grave'. The number of middle-aged people who have crocked themselves up for life because of obsessive 'fitness' regimes is significant but deliberately overlooked.
Professional athletes make a conscious decision to push themselves in their youth, knowing that they will pay the price later. It's their choice.
Walking, gardening, and some sort of skilled movement, like dancing, is a key to long healthy life. Prayer, music, and a mental skill like a game or reading and speaking a foreign language have a positive impact. Eating really good food in moderation that gives pleasure completes the program.
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