To all my Italian girls...

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Posted by StayandJohn

Yes I've had that its really good, have you or anyone else had the 'sawdust' spaghetti, its dry spaghetti with a little olive oil and breadcrumbs (the sawdust)

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We do! Viva la tavola di San Giuse!!

Phew...us Irish/Italian Americans have had a busy week

just had my st.joseph...yum i'm a teacher and our school does an italian feast today. Tons and tons of good food

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Posted by SomedayBride

My dad who was from Dublin used to get so offended when people wore orange on St. Pat's. Orange is the color of Protestantism in Ireland, and, the color of the Orange Order, a militant Scots-British organization that celebrates Britain's defeating Catholic Irish armies and ravaging Ireland to annex it to England.

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This is the way I understand it too. They actually wear orange on July 12 or 13th too - the day the militant's came in and slaughteres all the Christian/Catholic Irish people. Totally bizarre...

Hey, I'm not Italian, but happy St. Joseph's Day ladies. I'm eating Italian food right now, does that count?

Happy St. Joseph's Day to all. Just wanted to add that I love that 'sawdust' pasta. My Irish mom makes it for me

Yes sharon it counts...thanks for supporting the Italians!

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Posted by Sassyz75

I make my own sfingi!!!

SOOO good

BUT NOT on Weight Watchers!

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what the hell is sfingi???

Sfingi is ZEPOLI ... what you get at bizarres and fairs.

Sfingadelle is a puff pastry in the shape of a clam I guess filled with a ricotta type filling

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Posted by bedda26

Just look at the picture that Stacey posted.

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Hang on, I'm a little confused. The St. Joseph pastry has canoli or custard filling. It is a filled Sfingi? I never thought of them as the same dough/pastry ....

YUMMMMMMMY

Mmmmmmmmmmm...those look soooo good Stacey

Happy St. Joseph's Day! Those look reallllllllllly good!

Happy St. Josephs Day! I am not italian either, but all the bakeries have zepole today....I like the fried better than the baked, but I did not have any with cannoli filling, altho I prefer that!!!!!!! But, the custard is AWESOme too!!! LOVE these!! I always bring them home for Easter for my parents....they ahve not seen these out in Sag Harbor and LOVE them at the little italian bakeries out here in RI!

Happy St. Joesph's day!! I am eating my pastry right now!!!

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Posted by StayandJohn

In the middle ages, Sicilians prayed to St. Joseph to end a famine caused by a drought. When their prayers were answered and it rained, the people showed their thanks to St. Joseph by sharing their precious food with the poor.

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Thanks!

Hope you had a good day then!

I just finished my pastry. My mom ate half of hers and tried to pause and my dad almost swiped it. There was almost a fight between my parents for a sfingi!!