Watch this Italian Grandma as she cooks, sings, and takes your mind to a happy place! She reminds me of my own Granny, and her food looks delicious!
Bon Appétit!

too many carbs, pasta etc...
boy you must be bored as hell watching cooking videos now?
....I'd rather hear you play & sing with your new SD7?

Can't be doing the same thing all day ... I find cooking shows a nice distraction also ...

She reminds me of home ... and it's comforting. Forget your carbs restrictions every now and then. You gotta live. You gotta love! Besides, you post more food extravagances than I ever did! lol

I am back on the low carb diet since New Years Day.....
looking good down 28 lbs so far baby,.....
gotta get ready for that speedo.

AAAARRRRRGHHHHhhhhhhhh !!! how do I get that visual out of my head ?!?!?

Why? .....in my family's town in Italy a speedo is a normal site on the beaches Americans are hung up on sex here..
Europeans view it differently.

Firstly - YOU'RE not a European ... and I'm sorry, but except for olympic swimmers - NO ONE should be allowed to wear one. Yuk, and double yuk.

Yes, and people shouldn't be ashamed of their bodies, BUT ... we've been blessed to visit Italy several times, and I've seen many men in speedos and women in thongs who just shouldn't be ... and it has nothing to do with sex, in fact it's the opposite ...
-BTW, in Europe if it's a one piece bathing suit it's only the BOTTOM -

I actually wear a 3 piece bathing suite when at the beach ....

















Hat, Sunglasses an Flip Flops.....

but if I count right that's 4 pieces ...
and that's ANOTHER image I have to erase from my alleged mind ...

Haha,
Over here they call them budgie smugglers.

Our ex Prime Minister used to wear them, ( and the press gave him hell) . There again he is a Beach Life Saver for his local community, ( and life savers all have to wear them) . I don’t think it was out of choice. Haha

Or "MARBLE SACK"

I've been going in my underwear.
But my neighbors can't see into my pool. If they could they wouldn't see much.

Dave Nice. She reminded me of my grandmother cooking in her summer home on Long Island N.Y. An elderly grandmother cooking a fantastic meal for all her children.

The room was fairly large, and packed with her children and grandchildren -- music, and laughter. I miss those times.

Thanks again Dave, John C.
PS, I had to read your post twice, thought you were passing yourself as an Italian. (smile)

Dave ... that was beautiful ... that bowl of soup and a loaf of crusty Italian bread and a glass of chianti ... AHHH!!!

Hey! I'm HALF Italian .... the other half Irish - that makes me Gaelic & Garlic, right?

Gaelic & Garlic is what our Pastor calls the annual St. Pat's/St. Joe's Corned beef/pasta dinner ...

Funny, My mom's side of the family is 100% Italian, we do many traditional things that relate, but we never observed St Joseph's day. Never heard a mention before tuning in here. Every Sunday was an Italian holiday at our house - long dinners - lots of courses - lots of argume.....DISCUSSIONS Great people, great memories.

Dave, St. Joseph's is more a Sicilian celebration ... My ancestors are from Naples, and we never 'celebrated' St. Joseph's, but when I met my wife, whose family is Sicilian, I found out what a celebration it is for them, which includes food made only for St. Joseph's day ...

Hey Tony, how much of it was 'diet' or low-cal?

chas

I don't think those words exist in the Italian language ...BUT while most of it had pasta it also had vegetables and sea food ... I have to say it did not fit my palate ...

There's the answer. We're northern folk too.