I went to visit the Momma's BIG familt today for zanya. It is a special food that Pa Pa Lou's family ate when they lived in Italy. It is a tradition still, for the Lalli family.
Zanya is a flat pasta noodle that is home-made. Italian sauasge, bacon, and other meats, as well as garlic, and paprika are all cooked in oil...then you add the pasta to the oil. It is delicious! "In the old country" my family would make it for big get-togethers because it wasn't too expensive to make, and didn't require a lot of plates and untensils...becasue you eat it with your hands, you see. Pa Pa Lou has told me that when he was little, his Momma (my Momma's Nonna) would put all the meat on the bottom of the pot becasue it was the best part...and everyone would have to dig to get it, and try not to burn their hands.
ANYWAY - to keep the tradition, we still eat it out of a pot with our hands. You have to wash your hands REAL GOOD first. We can't leave the pot until it's all gone!
Here I am at the pot. Daddy cooled a noodel off for me and then let me eat it. YUM!
Everyone has fun standign around the pot eating and talking...2 things Italian's do best. Do you see my Daddy?
Everyone enjoyed holding me...and I was in a very friendly mood too (as usual). When Auntie Darla was holding me she tried to feed me soem zanya. I ate one...thent he next tiem she tried to do it I snatched it out of her hand, quick as a wink, and shoved it in her mouth instead. It really surprised her. She thought it was very funny!
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