**Official Italian Bride Thread**

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Posted by bella11

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Posted by Thumballina

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Posted by bella11

OMG,,,go put a sweater on!!!!!!!!!!! Mine too!!!!!!!!
meanwhile it is 90 degress outside,she has her house dress on AND a sweater and she is outside inspecting the plants!!!!

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YES and she has on her ciabatti and un fazzaletto tucked into the cuff of her sweater....

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OMG..I am dying over here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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OMG the ciabatti!

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Posted by DA77

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Posted by JanuaryBride06
I'm so restarting the tomato picking/sauce making tradition when I have a house (with the necessary second kitchen!)

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Yeah, my poor brother - he wants to renovate his basement, and we're trying to convince him to keep the cement floors b/c it won't get ruined if we want to make sauce there!

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It's true, though! That's the whole point of the second kitchen!!

Do any of you get dried funghi (mushrooms) sent to you from your relatives in Italy? We get packages every season in the mail - my non-Italian friends look at me like I'm nuts when I get the mail and here is this hug package and I'm like 'oh the mushrooms came from Italy' their like 'mushrooms???' and then when they see them all dried out they are like 'you sure those are mushrooms?'

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Posted by DA77

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Posted by bella11

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Posted by Thumballina

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Posted by bella11

OMG,,,go put a sweater on!!!!!!!!!!! Mine too!!!!!!!!
meanwhile it is 90 degress outside,she has her house dress on AND a sweater and she is outside inspecting the plants!!!!

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YES and she has on her ciabatti and un fazzaletto tucked into the cuff of her sweater....

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OMG..I am dying over here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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OMG the ciabatti!

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I swear up and down that 'slippers' in the house are an Italian thing because I grew up wearing slippers in my house and I still wear them, as does my mom and my nonna - my mom wears the Dr. Scholl ones and in the winter she wears them with socks...I'm like 'Ma...that is such a fashion no no...' she's like 'che no-no'

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Posted by bella11

we have to search all over for a pair of ciabatti that fit her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I finally found a pair that were zebra print!!!!!!!! She needs EXTRA wide!!!

hahahahahahahahaahaaa

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HAHAHAHAHAHAH

OMG extra wide...same thing with my Nonna...OMG...PIMP

ok girls going home now.
Cant wait to open my mail when I get home
LOL love this thread

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Posted by Thumballina

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Posted by DA77

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Posted by bella11

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Posted by Thumballina

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Posted by bella11

OMG,,,go put a sweater on!!!!!!!!!!! Mine too!!!!!!!!
meanwhile it is 90 degress outside,she has her house dress on AND a sweater and she is outside inspecting the plants!!!!

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YES and she has on her ciabatti and un fazzaletto tucked into the cuff of her sweater....

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OMG..I am dying over here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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OMG the ciabatti!

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I swear up and down that 'slippers' in the house are an Italian thing because I grew up wearing slippers in my house and I still wear them, as does my mom and my nonna - my mom wears the Dr. Scholl ones and in the winter she wears them with socks...I'm like 'Ma...that is such a fashion no no...' she's like 'che no-no'

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Posted by lasposabella

ok girls going home now.
Cant wait to open my mail when I get home
LOL love this thread

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Have a good weekend

girls thanks for making my day today - this thread ROCKS!!! Buon Weekend Belle! ciaooooo

Everyone have a great weekend...thanks for helping pass the last hour of this S L O W day...

Ciao

oh my gosh...I missed a lot!!! You guys are a pisser.....

Ok. When I was a kid my parents, grandparents, and every other relative spoke Italian to me...for some reason..I speak it like complete c r a p...but understand it pretty well. My mom still speaks it to me and I always reply in English. On the other hand, my sister who is only two years older than me speaks it and understands it really well..it's so weird...right!!

Raisin...I always wore the holey socks and DREADED tomato sauce season...All of our neighbors used to come over and we would have tomato seed fights...my mom used to get soooo mad..

Ro...my mom dries (sun baths) everything outside. My parents hang proschutto in our basement too..

I am also a Rabit lover...( ) and I must say both my MIL and mother make it really well and it's probably my fav. dish....

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Posted by bella11

we have to search all over for a pair of ciabatti that fit her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I finally found a pair that were zebra print!!!!!!!! She needs EXTRA wide!!!

hahahahahahahahaahaaa

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speaking of ciabatti that fit her - my mom boought a pair os shoes for my nonna from parade of shoes - and she cut the back - so they are 'fancy' ciabatti that matches her balck dress everyday - bc wearing pants is a big NO NO!!!

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Posted by BklynItaliana

i looked into il fornetto and lundy's on emmons ave in shepshead bay.. they are both expensive.. but for a saturday night in the middle of summer they were the only two that have good food and were willing to give up their space for a 50 person party at 7pm.

THEY WERE BOTH VERY VERY VERY EXPENSIVE

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I just went to a Bridal Shower at Il Fornetto last weekend.. the food was really good!

I've just been sitting back and reading all these posts. And my whole life I thought my family was odd....(well, we are but now I know there are still real Italians out there!)

keep it comin ladies!

My Dad still makes jars of eggplant and garlic/oil & vinegar, his own wine, but not the sauce. Since my mom passed away & even before that we stopped. Too much work....he still has his insulated fig trees though!

who here has the RAI network 24/7 on Dish Network?

WE DO!!!

we do have the rai i mean
and its on 24/7