Posted By: ricksrealpitbbq
Nov 15 # 5 of 17
Mama Mangia wrote:
Everyone was always at our home - all they needed to bring was their appetites. but I have so many fond memories of it all.
Italian women always served their men, but the children got theirs before the men - then the men were served and the women would then fix their own plates. Everyone ate at the same time. Most of the time there were so many that the kids had their own table. But all at the same time in the same crowded room.
An Italian man would put his wife through the wall if she didn't serve the children first. quite strict for sure
Wow Mama you brought back a lot of memories in that post. I remember the day I graduated to the big table and all the younger cousins still sat at the kids table. LOL . I remember my grandfather going down to the wine cellar with me to get the wine for Sunday dinner. When my grandmother made raviolis, it was a huge event. She used two queen size beds to dry them out after they were made. She would make them early Sunday mornings for dinner that day. The house was always crowded and so much fun.