Tony, I remember you telling that when you were much younger in your family it was a custom to celebrate St. Joseph eating zeppole and -if I remember correctly- someone in your family (I think it was your mother) used to prepare LOTS of them... then each year your father used to make a funny comment about St. Joseph who had never eaten stuff like that in his entire life.
I cannot remember the details right now, but at the time I thought it was very amusing...
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#229608 - 03/19/0810:29 AMRe: Happy St. JOSEPH'S DAY ...
tony mads usa
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Got it now ... Actually, the story is that Lydia's grandmother and mother used to make St. Joseph's PASTA very similar to this ... http://www.recipezaar.com/70130
The pasta has a very UNIQUE flavor to say the least, and an acquired taste to eat it ... I used to tell her grandmother that St. Joseph never ate anything like that ...
When our son-in-law was dating our daughter my mother-in-law made the pasta for St. Joseph's Day and told our (then) prospective s-i-l that it was a 'rite of passage' and a sign of a man's love to eat the pasta ... he ate two helpings ... the next year when they were married, he said he would never eat it again !!! ...
As for the zeppole, yes, there are LOTS, but there is no problem eating them ... t.
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