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I am only half Italian, but that side had a huge influence on me.
On my mom's side, it was just a quarter Scottish and Polish.
So the Italian side, took over big time.

Having said all that. I never thought of Cristopher Columbus day as an Italian Holiday.
It just never came up. If anything we thought that Christmas and Easter were the big days.

My Second Cousin was a Prominent Catholic Preast.
And my Great Grandmother came over on the boat.
I was so blessed to have met her.
She lived with my Grandfather in a Farm Stand/Home.
They sold Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables, and Statues...because Italians are good with cement.
There was always food pre-made in the fridge, and there were Roman Catholic images everywhere.

~Anyway, Garlic, Olive Oil, and Basil for life.

S

3rd generation
family immigrated when my grandparents were in high school
idc
tomatoes are nasty

SiO4 posted...

I never thought of Cristopher Columbus day as an Italian Holiday.

It'd be a pretty different Italy without him. Like, imagine an Italy without pasta. Would it even still be Italy?

Parli italiano si? O no?

SauI_Goodman posted...

Parli italiano si? O no?

Oui

My grandfather on my dad's side was Italian, so I got an Italian last name.
I hate it when people use a long I sound when saying Italian.

SauI_Goodman posted...

Parli italiano si? O no?

Only a little. But some. Probably more than I realize.
I can pronounce it properly though.

coolcono posted...

I hate it when people use a long I sound when saying Italian.

Ya, I've heard people say that unironically.
~It's odd. I don't correct them, I just stand in awe that people actually do that.

Shishiwakamaru posted...

Oui

-_-

Bump.

Thinking about getting a slice and I run some errands.

Mangiare

The Italians kicked Columbus out and he had to go begging in Spain, where he was such a piece of shit he was imprisoned after arriving back in Europe because of what he did to the natives.

The fucking country is named after an Italian I don't see why we need to have a holiday for one of the biggest assholes in history.

Ohh Madonne

Tyranthraxus posted...

The Italians kicked Columbus out and he had to go begging in Spain, where he was such a piece of shit he was imprisoned after arriving back in Europe because of what he did to the natives.

The fucking country is named after an Italian I don't see why we need to have a holiday for one of the biggest assholes in history.

It was named after a cartographer not Columbus.

SiO4 posted...

It was named after a cartographer not Columbus.

The cartographer was Italian. Amerigo Vespucci.

My father came to this country on a ship when he was only five years old. I love my Italian side.

I can hear this topic from my house.

itachi15243 posted...

My father came to this country on a ship when he was only five years old. I love my Italian side.

he was illegal?

Scohen posted...

he was illegal?

Boomers immigrated during a time when "legal" meant you had a passport and a note that said "I promise to be good"

Scohen posted...

he was illegal?

No, but he never did aquire citizenship for whatever weird ass reason. He had a visa right until the day he died (about a year ago)

Crono99 posted...

My mom's italian and my dad's french

I probably have centuries of war in my blood

Our area of the continent has been a war path for centuries.
We actually live in a very brief period of peacetime, as humanity goes.

Tyranthraxus posted...

The cartographer was Italian. Amerigo Vespucci.

S!!itachi15243 posted...

My father came to this country on a ship when he was only five years old. I love my Italian side.

Nice!! I feel blessed to have to known my Great Grand Parents.

itachi15243 posted...

No, but he never did aquire citizenship for whatever weird ass reason. He had a visa right until the day he died (about a year ago)

My uncle who I am nutrail on, did once do something very awesome.
There was a house down the street, that took so much pride in its lawn that it was crazy.
.....That's one thing.

But, once, said homeowner's son called my Auncle a WOP.
He didn't know what that meant, so he went home and asked his dad...by Grandfather.
Once he realized what it meant, he went back to the house.
Knocked on the door.
Asked for the kid who said it, and punched him in the face. On his doorstep.

Your grandfather sounds cool as shit.

DuranOfForcena posted...

i'm half Italian on my mother's side. both sides of her family tree have a great history that has influenced my culinary repertoire. from my grandfather, i get a great cheesecake recipe that is a hybrid of New York style and traditional Italian style. from my grandmother and great grandmother i get an authentic Italian recipe for marinara sauce and meatballs. as it just so happens, the latter is what i made for dinner tonight too, with some whole wheat spaghetti and some herb and cheese garlic bread:

https://i.imgur.com/8q1IaNy.jpg

i love my Italian heritage. it's a big part of who i am and a big influence on what i cook and like to eat.

Right it has had a huge influence on how I cook basically everything

Edit: Would eat!! Though I probably would have gone more angle hair!
~There are people who don't know how to cook Spaghetti.
But ya, I am hard pressed to not add Tomatoes, Basil, Garlic, Olive Oil as well as others into the mix.

The fact that it is a healthy diet makes it even better.

A_Good_Boy posted...

Your grandfather sounds cool as shit.

He was cool.
Both of them were.

The punch in the face story, is my uncle though.
It's the only story like it for him.

My Grandfather Dedetinatened unexploded ordinance in Alaska in WWII.
As far from Italy as they could put him.