25 #pastarecipes #italian Immigrants Actually Ate in #littleitaly (#1900s ) | #ItalianImmigrants #foodhistory #littleitaly
They didn’t have #oliveoil from Tuscany or fancy trattorias — just grit, hunger, and a boiling pot of #pasta . In early-1900s #littleitaly #newyork , millions of #ItalianImmigrants turned scraps into suppers that built #AmericasFoodCulture. Every bite of these 25 forgotten #pastarecipe tells a story of #survival , #heritage , and #hope .
From #macaroni with Tomato & Garlic to #PastaEFagioli (the real “fazool”), from #aglioeolio that fed whole families to #gnocchi made from leftover potatoes — these weren’t restaurant dishes. They were #tenement meals born from #poverty and #perseverance .
🥖 What you’ll discover:
👉 #MacaroniWithTomatoAndGarlic — three ingredients, endless heart.
👉 #PastaEFagioli — beans + pasta = pure #immigrant survival food.
👉 #AnchovyBreadcrumbPasta — the original #PoorMansParmesan.
👉 #carbonara — no cream, no nonsense, just eggs and grit.
👉 #OrecchietteWithGreens — turning bitter leaves into beauty.
👉 #PastaPuttanesca — loud, proud, and pure #SouthernItaly in a bowl.
👉 #Minestrina — the “poor man’s feast” that warmed #LittleItaly winters.
These #italianrecipes carried a generation through cold nights, layoffs, and dreams of home. The steam from those kitchens didn’t just cook dinner — it built #americanhistory one bowl at a time.
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Anyone eat egg with spaghetti sauce and meatballs
0:03 False. There were cheese and olive oil stores throughout virtually all Italian American enclaves. Pastene was originally an Italian American importer and dates to around the civil war. But we don’t even have to go by that you can literally see pictures of import storefronts from the late 19th early 20th century with olive oil cans in the window.
My Nana Alioto could create the most delicious dishes from nothing. She would say, “ I have nothing in the frig”, but then whip out amazing dishes.
no food stamps no welfare unlike most other spoiled pathetic nationalitys who had to b spoon fed
What do I think?it’s what I know?my mother was single mother who struggled with my brother and me so we lived in a community with mainly regular Canadian people..but 1968 we moved to a tiny city within a community was called Bayview all with Italian immigrants and few Ukrainian immigrants but the beautiful Italians heard we were in a poor way?id once in blue my mom brother but where I got invited was mainly my classmates homes we lived in a attic upstairs in regular home I’d go over and no scent like it fresh marinara loomed through the whole house,before that we had Salami and sausage cured with of course home made white wine, and few other courses I’ve never seen anything or tasted anything so wonderful in my life..I can’t say enough about the food but even more the gracious family Guzzos filled my empty tummy without expecting anything.. and it was more than once so to you my dearest friends Mrs Guzzo my heart felt gratitude and love for something I’ve been having for years but not close from those wonderful suppers ..with cheecharone lol that was 55 years ago and still remember that sauce and wonderful people love you always my friends 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👋
And thank you for this awesome well done video 👏👏
Where is the Pastina?
This is false! The earliest mention of pasta carbonara seems to be in or about 1944 and it has been attributed to the american soldiers duringWWII which had powdered eggs and bacon. There is no variation of the dish much less a mention of pasta carbonara in theearly 1900s by italian inmigrants in little Italy.
WONDERFUL 😅😅😅
Narrated by Dracula.