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In this week’s video, we’re sharing the most important food in our life. It’s not pasta, it’s not pizza; in fact, it’s an Italian treat almost no one has heard of.
But for us (and our neighbors in Dasà, Calabria), this food means joy, happiness, love, community, celebration, family… pretty much all of the most important things in life! And we would like to share the tradition with you today ❤️
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Share a story with us! What's a food that means something MORE to you?
What was the tradition of this pasta before Italy was gifted with the potato? I love to understand the history and origins of ingredients and how they become traditional. For instance, the way Koreans incorporated hot peppers into their quisine while subjugated by Japan speaks to the strength and resilience of the Korean people. Hot peppers were not indigenous to that area of the world. The food that means MORE to me is Kanuchi.
Deep fried gnocchi 🤷🏼♂️
When an alien comes to earth and analyzes a hot dog, he would probably not assume, that it is some nourishing item for humans.
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Next year, you guys need to come up to Boston, and we’ll go to the “north end” and have you rate our nduja, and other “authentic” things sold here.
Every christmas my dad and my uncle from Palermo would make spinci.
Spinci are bread dough balls fried in oil, dippen in sugar and cinnamon, and consumed by greedy children before being cooled to room temperature
Also for us very meaningful as we grew up in germany to have this very specific tradition.
A NYC dirty water dog is liken to gastronomic Russian roulette.
You’ll only get lucky so many times. 😂
I notice the 10 minute rest before finishing kneading. What would make this and any cooking channel truly GREAT would be just a quick mention of why you do that and is 10 min specific or what if you forget about it for 20 or 30 min. Maybe rest time should be longer cooler weather, etc…
First of all there are so many different aliens on earth and second they – if lighter and smarten than we are which probably most are – won´t never eat that shit like hot dog. They are more human than we are. They will drink their herbal tea out of glas or water from a silver bottle and don´t interact with drug using party kraut. Instead they are in contact with people like Alf Jasinski who wrote the books Thalus von Athos. Don´t be so ignorant and believe what school, media and hollywood tells you. And no, the earth is not flat – it is hollow.
No powdered sugar, no Nutella, no cinnamon, no butter? Nothing? Ever..
I love Eva's skeptical gestures like she makes when Harper suggests something that isn't a good idea.
Looks delicious and fun to make, plus it's traditional. So it's everything but…healthy.
Who the heck would want to be waxed by her…nut job. She is truly unhinged and a b*ll buster. And I can only hope that your laughter at her triggered her even more.
Italy's future looks bleak financially, I would save your money as much as possible rather than giving to charities for villages you've never even been to! Aren't there enough Africans coming to Italy for free, helping themselves? Help your future children!
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In Abruzzo we make Zeppole and it's pretty much the same, delicious!
My aunt made these for us one holiday….she called them Zeppole di patate. She rolled them in granulated sugar as soon as they came out of the frying pot. They were delicious, light and airy while warm, but turned into heavy torpedoes in your tummy if you ate them cold. We ate them both ways, since we rarely tossed any food away, they were still tasty and filling.
My mother never put potato in hers (she was from Caserta area) and she was astounded when her sister in law added the mashed potatoes. Hers had the anchovy filling for savory fried pastries and she would also sugar a few as a dessert treat (without the anchovy filling).
Sto amando Dasa' sempre di piu'
Love your content. I'm curious why we can't do this is America (locally). Not as a whole. You guys are doing some amazing things
ALL grains and potatoes are totally unhealthy for the human body. Uncooked they are even poisionous
"food …. is culture" I think that you're ready to apply for italian citizenship
Food=Love this time of year we in New Mexico go nuts over Autumn Roasted Green Chiles. After roasting & cleaning them we fiill our freezers for the year
You guys really are doing something special with your platform ❤
You had me in tears…love for our fellow humans is all we need. 🙏🏽
Wonderful charity event. That made the food even extra special. My grandma was from Calabria and made "pizza fritta" every Christmas eve (a tradition I've carried on and I'm in my 70s). But she did not use potatoes in the dough. I'm not sure why. Perhaps in her poor village potatoes were not available. She (I) made both round ones and flat ones and long ones with anchovies inside. As always, now I'm hungry…mi fa fame.
Is it blasphemous to say that I'd like one dipped in cinnamon sugar? What a festival of love for this treat! =]
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My family is from Cosenza in Calabria and we called them curujiddi or champelli. We did them plain, stuffed with sarde or rosamarina (like a red fish paste), and also with powdered sugar.
Thanks!
Bravo!!
I'm surprised you didn't pick of any of your moms accent. Her Italian is so strong. 😀
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The food for me that embraces this idea is anything my gramma cooked. Literally anything. She was poor, she lived 30 miles away from a grocery and didn’t drive, and she made everything, including soap, from scratch. We went to her house almost every weekend for years, and no matter how many people showed up, there was always a table groaning under the weight of her food. I stood by her side and learned how to make jams, jellies, breads, relishes, noodles…she taught me how to forage for watercress, wild onions, mint, and mushrooms. She taught me how to enjoy a hot cup of water, all by itself. She taught me selflessness and generosity, and she gave me the purest love I’ve ever known.
I love the tradition.
My Grand Mother use to make a similar recipe called Crispella. Close but no potatoes if I remember, right? She was from Calabria originally (I wish I knew the town?).
We need a video on all of regional Calabrese cuisine/foods. First I suggest Turdilli. And please do not call them Struffoli.
We make this, but we also make “doughnuts” with ricotta cheese. They are delish! Do you guys make fried dough made with ricotta?
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Wow, you started something now. If it wasn't the middle of the night right now and I wasn't tired from yesterday in my kitchen I'd be up and boiling potatoes right now! Thank you so much for the work you are doing to bring a little part of Italy to the world. Calabria has a lot to thank you for. Who knows….you are probably going to be blamed for increasing tourism to your hometown. XXX
How did Eva learn to cook so many authentic Italian dishes so expertly at such a young age? She is like a encyclopedia of Italian cuisine
Who doesn't like fried dough, straight out of the frier? Amazing how just about every cuisine has a variety of fried dough as part of their offerings.
Thanks!
thank you for sharing this example of humans being good and caring for people far away. such a healthy contrast to so much of what is going on with people in many places around the world. Grazie! And, I am going to try making these…'cause who doesn't love fried dough?
In my mom's town (Filadelfia) they call them "zippuli" (zeppole), but name apart they're pretty much the same
This is so inspiring, makes me think about doing something in my own community! Thanks for being so great!
I made them today and they turned out so well! Crispy outside and fluffy inside. Thank you for sharing this amazing recipe! I do understand why people from Dasa look forward to eating them on festive days.
Le grispelle (a Rocca di Neto)
My grandmom taught me how to make gnocchi. It’s still my favorite.
Anything for the kids
Great job guys
Hope to visit shortly